Drosophila genes that affect meiosis duration are among the meiosis related genes that are more often found duplicated.

Using a phylogenetic approach, the examination of 33 meiosis/meiosis-related genes in 12 Drosophila species, revealed nine independent gene duplications, involving the genes cav, mre11, meiS332, polo and mtrm. Evidence is provided that at least eight out of the nine gene duplicates are functional. T...

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Main Authors: Micael Reis, Sofia Sousa-Guimarães, Cristina P Vieira, Cláudio E Sunkel, Jorge Vieira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3053365?pdf=render