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Homoeolog-specific retention and use in allotetraploid Arabidopsis suecica depends on parent of origin and network partners.
Genome biology - 1 Jan 2010
Chang Peter L, Dilkes Brian P, McMahon Michelle, Comai Luca, Nuzhdin Sergey V
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BACKGROUND: Allotetraploids carry pairs of diverged homoeologs for most genes. With the genome doubled in size, the number of putative interactions is enormous. This poses challenges on how to coordinate the two disparate genomes, and creates opportunities by enhancing the phenotypic variation. New combinations of alleles co-adapt and respond to new environmental pressures. Three stages of the...
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