The collapse of gene complement following whole genome duplication

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Genome amplification through duplication or proliferation of transposable elements has its counterpart in genome reduction, by elimination of DNA or by gene inactivation. Whether loss is primarily due to excision of random length DNA...

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Main Authors: Zhu Qian, Zheng Chunfang, Sankoff David
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2010-05-01
Series:BMC Genomics
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2164/11/313