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Evolutionary preservation of redundant duplicated genes.
Seminars in cell & developmental biology - 1 Oct 1999
Krakauer D C, Nowak M A
Abstract excerpt
Gene duplication events produce both perfect and imperfect copies of genes. Perfect copies are said to be functionally redundant when knockout of one gene produces no 'scoreable', phenotypic effects. Preserving identical, duplicate copies of genes is problematic as all copies are prone to accumul...
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