Duplication-degeneration as a mechanism of gene fission and the origin of new genes in Drosophila species

Nature Genetics

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 523-527

  Wang, Wen ^a,b   Yu, Haijing ^c   Long, Manyuan ^b  

^a KUNMING INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c YUNNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGENERATION; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE FISSION; GENE FUSION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; MALE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROPOSON;

ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE DUPLICATION; GENES, DUPLICATE; GENES, INSECT; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RETROELEMENTS;

ARACHNIDA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HEXAPODA; MELANOGASTER; MELANOGASTER SUBGROUP;

EID: 2442576123     PISSN: 10614036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ng1338     Document Type: Article

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