Expansion and functional diversification of a leucyl aminopeptidase family that encodes the major protein constituents of <it>Drosophila </it>sperm
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The evolutionary diversification of gene families through gene creation (and loss) is a dynamic process believed to be critical to the evolution of functional novelty. Previous identification of a closely related family of eight anno...
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Language: | English |
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BMC
2011-04-01
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Series: | BMC Genomics |
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Online Access: | http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2164/12/177 |