Simultaneous expansions of micrornas and protein-coding genes by gene/genome duplications in early vertebrates

Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution

Volumn 312, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 164-170

  Gu, Xun ^a,b   Su, Zhixi ^b   Huang, Yong ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Center for Evolutionary Biology   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICRORNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EVOLUTION; GENE DUPLICATION; GENETICS; GENOME; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYLOGENY; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; EVOLUTION; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE DUPLICATION; GENOME; MICRORNAS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYLOGENY; VERTEBRATES;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 67049119074     PISSN: 15525007     EISSN: 15525015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jez.b.21273     Document Type: Article

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