Emergence of young human genes after a burst of retroposition in primates.
The origin of new genes through gene duplication is fundamental to the evolution of lineage- or species-specific phenotypic traits. In this report, we estimate the number of functional retrogenes on the lineage leading to humans generated by the high rate of retroposition (retroduplication) in prima...
| Format: | Article |
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| Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2005-11-01
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| Series: | PLoS Biology |
| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.0030357 |