MIPhy: identify and quantify rapidly evolving members of large gene families

After transitioning to a new environment, species often exhibit rapid phenotypic innovation. One of the fastest mechanisms for this is duplication followed by specialization of existing genes. When this happens to a member of a gene family, it tends to leave a detectable phylogenetic signature of li...

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Main Authors: David M. Curran, John S. Gilleard, James D. Wasmuth
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PeerJ Inc. 2018-05-01
Series:PeerJ
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Online Access:https://peerj.com/articles/4873.pdf