Orthologs, paralogs and genome comparisons

Current Opinion in Genetics and Development

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 630-636

  Gogarten, J Peter ^a   Olendzenski, Lorraine ^a  

^a Univ C   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; GENE CONVERSION; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE TRANSFER; GENOME; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; REVIEW;

EID: 0032761904     PISSN: 0959437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-437X(99)00029-5     Document Type: Review

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