Differential loss of ancestral gene families as a source of genomic divergence in animals

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 271, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2004, Pages

  Hughes, Austin L ^a   Friedman, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal phylogeny; Gene content; Gene deletion; Genome evolution

Indexed keywords

GENETICS; GENOME; PHYLOGENY;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE LOSS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INVERTEBRATE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES COMPARISON; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DIPTERA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILIDAE; INVERTEBRATA; MELANOGASTER; NEMATODA; TAKIFUGU; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0442323217     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2003.0124     Document Type: Article

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