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CYP6B1 and CYP6B3 of the black swallowtail (Papilio polyxenes): adaptive evolution through subfunctionalization.
Molecular biology and evolution - 1 Dec 2006
Wen Zhimou, Rupasinghe Sanjeewa, Niu Guodong, Berenbaum May R, Schuler Mary A
Abstract excerpt
Gene duplication provides essential material for functional divergence of proteins and hence allows organisms to adapt to changing environments. Following duplication events, redundant paralogs may undergo different evolutionary paths via processes known as nonfunctionalization, neofunctionalization, or subfunctionalization. Studies of adaptive evolution at the molecular level have progressed rapidly by...
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