| Literature DB >> 16979781 |
Andrew H Paterson1, Brad A Chapman, Jessica C Kissinger, John E Bowers, Frank A Feltus, James C Estill.
Abstract
Genome duplication is potentially a good source of new genes, but such genes take time to evolve. We have found a group of "duplication-resistant" genes, which have undergone convergent restoration to singleton status following several independent genome duplications. Restoration of duplication-resistant genes to singleton status could be important to long-term survival of a polyploid lineage. Angiosperms show more frequent polyploidization and a higher degree of duplicate gene preservation than other paleopolyploids, making them well-suited to further study of duplication-resistant genes.Entities:
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Year: 2006 PMID: 16979781 DOI: 10.1016/j.tig.2006.09.003
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Trends Genet ISSN: 0168-9525 Impact factor: 11.639