Patterns of evolutionary constraints on genes in humans

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Different regions in a genome evolve at different rates depending on structural and functional constraints. Some genomic regions are highly conserved during metazoan evolution, while other regions may evolve rapidly, either in all sp...

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Main Authors: Lopez-Bigas Nuria, De Subhajyoti, Teichmann Sarah A
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2008-10-01
Series:BMC Evolutionary Biology
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2148/8/275

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