Origin and evolution of new genes

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 49, Issue 16, 2004, Pages 1681-1686

  Li, Xin ^a,b   Yang, Shuang ^a,c   Peng, Lixin ^a,b   Chen, Hong ^b,d   Wang, Wen ^a  

^a KUNMING INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^b NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^d JIANGSU NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Evolution; Molecular mechanism; New genes; Origin; Positive selection

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749669398     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1360/04wc0123     Document Type: Review

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