Shedding genomic ballast: Extensive parallel loss of ancestral gene families in animals

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 827-833

  Hughes, Austin L ^a   Friedman, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Gene loss; Genome evolution; Parallel evolution

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GENE LOSS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOMICS; MULTIGENE FAMILY;

ANIMALS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DATABASES, GENETIC; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENOME; GENOME, FUNGAL; GENOME, HUMAN; GENOMICS; HUMANS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYLOGENY; YEASTS;

ANIMALIA; NEMATODA;

EID: 11944266550     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00239-004-0115-7     Document Type: Article

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