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Altered patterns of gene duplication and differential gene gain and loss in fungal pathogens
28 Mar 2008
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Duplication, followed by fixation or random loss of novel genes, contributes to genome evolution. Particular outcomes of duplication events are possibly associated with pathogenic life histories in fungi. To date, differential gene gain and loss have not been studied at genomic scales in fungal pathogens, despite this phenomenon's known importance in virulence in bacteria and viruses. RESULTS: To...
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