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Frequent non-allelic gene conversion on the human lineage and its effect on the divergence of gene duplicates

2017-05-08

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Gene conversion is the copying of genetic sequence from a “donor” region to an “acceptor”. In non-allelic gene conversion (NAGC), the donor and the acceptor are at distinct genetic loci. Despite the role NAGC plays in various genetic diseases and the concerted evolution of gene families, the parameters that govern NAGC are not well-characterized. Here, we survey duplicate gene families and identify converted tract...

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Literature Corpus work: eb992221-826c-58c0-8182-df4b0e7422c2
DOI: 10.1101/135152

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