Multiple chromosomal rearrangements structured the ancestral vertebrate Hox-bearing protochromosomes.

While the proposal that large-scale genome expansions occurred early in vertebrate evolution is widely accepted, the exact mechanisms of the expansion--such as a single or multiple rounds of whole genome duplication, bloc chromosome duplications, large-scale individual gene duplications, or some com...

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Main Authors: Vincent J Lynch, Günter P Wagner
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2009-01-01
Series:PLoS Genetics
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2622764?pdf=render