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Evolution of gene families and relationship with organismal evolution: rapid divergence of tissue-specific genes in the early evolution of chordates.
Molecular biology and evolution - 1 Mar 1996
Iwabe N, Kuma K, Miyata T
Abstract excerpt
To determine a possible relationship between organismal and molecular evolution, the divergence patterns of gene families were examined by taking special notice of functional difference, tissue distribution, and intracellular localization of the members. A phylogenetic analysis of 25 different gene families revealed interesting patterns of divergence of these families: Most gene duplications giving rise to...
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