Segmental duplications: evolution and impact among the current Lepidoptera genomes
Abstract Background Structural variation among genomes is now viewed to be as important as single nucleoid polymorphisms in influencing the phenotype and evolution of a species. Segmental duplication (SD) is defined as segments of DNA with homologous sequence. Results Here, we performed a systematic...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2017-07-01
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| Series: | BMC Evolutionary Biology |
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| Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12862-017-1007-y |