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The life cycle of Drosophila orphan genes

Orphans are genes restricted to a single phylogenetic lineage and emerge at high rates. While this predicts an accumulation of genes, the gene number has remained remarkably constant through evolution. This paradox has not yet been resolved. Because orphan genes have been mainly analyzed over long e...

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Autores principales: Palmieri, Nicola, Kosiol, Carolin, Schlötterer, Christian
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: eLife Sciences Publications, Ltd 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3927632/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24554240
http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.01311