Segmental Duplications Contribute to Gene Expression Differences Between Humans and Chimpanzees
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Segmental duplications contribute to gene expression differences between humans and chimpanzees.
In addition to specific changes in cis- and trans-regulatory elements, structural changes in the genome are hypothesized to underlie a large number of differences in gene expression between species. Accordingly, we show that species-specific segmental duplications are enriched with genes that are differentially expressed between humans and chimpanzees.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Genetics
سال: 2009
ISSN: 1943-2631
DOI: 10.1534/genetics.108.099960