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Duplicate gene enrichment and expression pattern diversification in multicellularity.
Nucleic acids research - 1 Sept 2012
Padawer Timothy, Leighty Ralph E, Wang Degeng
Abstract excerpt
The enrichment of duplicate genes, and therefore paralogs (proteins coded by duplicate genes), in multicellular versus unicellular organisms enhances genomic functional innovation. This study quantitatively examined relationships among paralog enrichment, expression pattern diversification and multicellularity, aiming to better understand genomic basis of multicellularity. Paralog abundance in specific cells was...
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