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Gene copy number variation and its significance in cyanobacterial phylogeny

BACKGROUND: In eukaryotes, variation in gene copy numbers is often associated with deleterious effects, but may also have positive effects. For prokaryotes, studies on gene copy number variation are rare. Previous studies have suggested that high numbers of rRNA gene copies can be advantageous in en...

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Autores principales: Schirrmeister, Bettina E, Dalquen, Daniel A, Anisimova, Maria, Bagheri, Homayoun C
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3552681/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22894826
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2180-12-177