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Positive selection for the male functionality of a co-retroposed gene in the hominoids.
BMC evolutionary biology - 15 Oct 2009
Zhang Yong, Lu Shujuan, Zhao Shuqi, Zheng Xiaofeng, Long Manyuan, Wei Liping
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BACKGROUND: New genes generated by retroposition are widespread in humans and other mammalian species. Usually, this process copies a single parental gene and inserts it into a distant genomic location. However, retroposition of two adjacent parental genes, i.e. co-retroposition, had not been rep...
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