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Domain shuffling and the evolution of vertebrates.
Genome research - 1 Aug 2009
Kawashima Takeshi, Kawashima Shuichi, Tanaka Chisaki, Murai Miho, Yoneda Masahiko, Putnam Nicholas H, Rokhsar Daniel S, Kanehisa Minoru, Satoh Nori, Wada Hiroshi
Abstract excerpt
The evolution of vertebrates has included a number of important events: the development of cartilage, the immune system, and complicated craniofacial structures. Here, we examine domain shuffling as one of the mechanisms that contributes novel genetic material required for vertebrate evolution. We mapped domain-shuffling events during the evolution of deuterostomes with a focus on how domain shuffling contributed...
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