How the vertebrates were made: selective pruning of a double-duplicated genome

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Vertebrates are the result of an ancient double duplication of the genome. A new study published in <it>BMC Biology </it>explores the selective retention of genes after this event, finding an extensive enrichment of signaling proteins and transcriptio...

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Main Authors: Scheeff Eric, Manning Gerard
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2010-12-01
Series:BMC Biology
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1741-7007/8/144