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The fate of the duplicated androgen receptor in fishes: a late neofunctionalization event?
BMC evolutionary biology - 18 Dec 2008
Douard Véronique, Brunet Frédéric, Boussau Bastien, Ahrens-Fath Isabelle, Vlaeminck-Guillem Virginie, Haendler Bernard, Laudet Vincent, Guiguen Yann
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BACKGROUND: Based on the observation of an increased number of paralogous genes in teleost fishes compared with other vertebrates and on the conserved synteny between duplicated copies, it has been shown that a whole genome duplication (WGD) occurred during the evolution of Actinopterygian fish....
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