An Overview of Duplicated Gene Detection Methods: Why the Duplication Mechanism Has to Be Accounted for in Their Choice
Gene duplication is an important evolutionary mechanism allowing to provide new genetic material and thus opportunities to acquire new gene functions for an organism, with major implications such as speciation events. Various processes are known to allow a gene to be duplicated and different models...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2020-09-01
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Series: | Genes |
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Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4425/11/9/1046 |