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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Main Authors: Karr Timothy L, Wilkin Elaine C, Dorus Steve
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2011-04-01
Series:BMC Genomics
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Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2164/12/177