Inventing an arsenal: adaptive evolution and neofunctionalization of snake venom phospholipase A<sub>2 </sub>genes
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Gene duplication followed by functional divergence has long been hypothesized to be the main source of molecular novelty. Convincing examples of neofunctionalization, however, remain rare. Snake venom phospholipase A<sub>2 <...
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Language: | English |
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BMC
2007-01-01
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Series: | BMC Evolutionary Biology |
Online Access: | http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2148/7/2 |