Evolving promiscuously
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Evolving promiscuously.
O f the various types of gene rearrangements that have been found in living organisms, gene duplication-amplification (GDA), a process that alters gene dosage, appears to be especially common and biologically important. GDA is significant from a fundamental evolutionary perspective because it serves as a primary genetic source for genetic innovation (i.e., evolution of new genes) and also plays...
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عنوان ژورنال: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
سال: 2011
ISSN: 0027-8424,1091-6490
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1018588108