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All duplicates are not equal: the difference between small-scale and genome duplication.
Genome biology - 1 Jan 2007
Hakes Luke, Pinney John W, Lovell Simon C, Oliver Stephen G, Robertson David L
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Genes in populations are in constant flux, being gained through duplication and occasionally retained or, more frequently, lost from the genome. In this study we compare pairs of identifiable gene duplicates generated by small-scale (predominantly single-gene) duplications with those created by a large-scale gene duplication event (whole-genome duplication) in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae....
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