On the formation of novel genes by duplication in the caenorhabditis elegans genome

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1056-1067

  Katju, Vaishali ^a,b   Lynch, Michael ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Caenorhabditis; Chimeric duplication; Gene duplication; Partial duplication; Partial duplication with recruitment

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CHIMERA; EXON; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SILENCING; GENOME ANALYSIS; INTRON; MODEL; NONHUMAN; POINT MUTATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL GENE;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; EXONS; GENE DUPLICATION; GENES, DUPLICATE; GENES, HELMINTH; GENETICS; GENOME; GENOMICS; INTRONS; MODELS, GENETIC; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 33646559207     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msj114     Document Type: Article

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