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Extensive local gene duplication and functional divergence among paralogs in Atlantic salmon.
Genome biology and evolution - 19 Jun 2014
Warren Ian A, Ciborowski Kate L, Casadei Elisa, Hazlerigg David G, Martin Sam, Jordan William C, Sumner Seirian
Abstract excerpt
Many organisms can generate alternative phenotypes from the same genome, enabling individuals to exploit diverse and variable environments. A prevailing hypothesis is that such adaptation has been favored by gene duplication events, which generate redundant genomic material that may evolve divergent functions. Vertebrate examples of recent whole-genome duplications are sparse although one example is the...
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