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Evolution of genetic redundancy.

Nature - 10 Jul 1997

Nowak M A, Boerlijst M C, Cooke J, Smith J M

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Genetic redundancy means that two or more genes are performing the same function and that inactivation of one of these genes has little or no effect on the biological phenotype. Redundancy seems to be widespread in genomes of higher organisms. Examples of apparently redundant genes come from numerous studies of developmental biology, immunology, neurobiology and the cell cycle. Yet there is a problem: genes...

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PMID: 9217155
DOI: 10.1038/40618

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