Evolutionary patterns of RNA-based gene duplicates in <it>Caenorhabditis</it> nematodes coincide with their genomic features

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>RNA-based gene duplicates (retrocopies) played pivotal roles in many physiological processes. Nowadays, functional retrocopies have been systematically identified in several mammals, fruit flies, plants, zebrafish and other chordates...

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Main Authors: Zou Ming, Wang Guoxiu, He Shunping
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2012-08-01
Series:BMC Research Notes
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Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1756-0500/5/398