Gene synteny comparisons between different vertebrates provide new insights into breakage and fusion events during mammalian karyotype evolution

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Genome comparisons have made possible the reconstruction of the eutherian ancestral karyotype but also have the potential to provide new insights into the evolutionary inter-relationship of the different eutherian orders within the m...

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Main Authors: Högel Josef, Froenicke Lutz, Cooper David N, Kohn Matthias, Kemkemer Claus, Hameister Horst, Kehrer-Sawatzki Hildegard
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2009-04-01
Series:BMC Evolutionary Biology
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2148/9/84