On the Expansion of “Dangerous” Gene Repertoires by Whole-Genome Duplications in Early Vertebrates
The emergence and evolutionary expansion of gene families implicated in cancers and other severe genetic diseases is an evolutionary oddity from a natural selection perspective. Here, we show that gene families prone to deleterious mutations in the human genome have been preferentially expanded by t...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2012-11-01
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| Series: | Cell Reports |
| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211124712003658 |