A genomics approach reveals insights into the importance of gene losses for mammalian adaptations
Gene losses are generally considered detrimental, or at best neutral. Here, Sharma and colleagues present a new comparative genomics method to detect gene losses and highlight cases of gene losses in mammals that have potentially contributed to adaptive phenotypic innovations.
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Nature Portfolio
2018-03-01
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Series: | Nature Communications |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-03667-1 |