Increasing genomic complexity by gene duplication and the origin of vertebrates

American Naturalist

Volumn 154, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 111-128

  Martin, Andrew P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Gene duplication; Gene families; Genome duplication; Vertebrates

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; GENETICS; VERTEBRATE;

EID: 0032885792     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/303231     Document Type: Article

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