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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Main Authors: Aubourg Sébastien, Lecharny Alain, Armisén David
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2008-10-01
Series:BMC Evolutionary Biology
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2148/8/280