Evolution of duplicate genes versus genetic robustness against null mutations

Trends in Genetics

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 354-356

  Gu, Xun ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA;

EVOLUTION; GENE DELETION; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LIBRARY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; METABOLISM; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; NULL MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RNA ANALYSIS; SHORT SURVEY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WORM; YEAST;

EID: 0038353717     PISSN: 01689525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-9525(03)00139-2     Document Type: Short Survey

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