“Orphan” Retrogenes in the Human Genome

Gene duplicates generated via retroposition were long thought to be pseudogenized and consequently decayed. However, a significant number of these genes escaped their evolutionary destiny and evolved into functional genes. Despite multiple studies, the number of functional retrogenes in human and ot...

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Autores principales: Ciomborowska, Joanna, Rosikiewicz, Wojciech, Szklarczyk, Damian, Makałowski, Wojciech, Makałowska, Izabela
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2013
Materias:
Discoveries
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3548309/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23066043
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/molbev/mss235

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3548309/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23066043
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/molbev/mss235

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