Natural Knockouts: Natural Selection Knocked Out

In functional genomics studies, research is dedicated to unveiling the function of genes using gene-knockouts, model organisms in which a gene is artificially inactivated. The idea is that, by knocking out the gene, the provoked phenotype would inform us about the function of the gene. Still, the fu...

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Main Author: Peter Borger
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2017-12-01
Series:Biology
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2079-7737/6/4/43