Identification of mammalian orthologs using local synteny

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Accurate determination of orthology is central to comparative genomics. For vertebrates in particular, very large gene families, high rates of gene duplication and loss, multiple mechanisms of gene duplication, and high rates of retr...

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Main Authors: Nelson Craig E, Mandoiu Ion I, Jun Jin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2009-12-01
Series:BMC Genomics
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2164/10/630