Unique genes in plants: specificities and conserved features throughout evolution
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Plant genomes contain a high proportion of duplicated genes as a result of numerous whole, segmental and local duplications. These duplications lead up to the formation of gene families, which are the usual material for many evolutio...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2008-10-01
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Series: | BMC Evolutionary Biology |
Online Access: | http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2148/8/280 |