2R or not 2R is not the question anymore

Nature Reviews Genetics

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 166-

  Van De Peer, Yves ^a   Maere, Steven ^a   Meyer, Axel ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PLANT SYSTEMS BIOLOGY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE DUPLICATION; GENE NUMBER; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOME; GENOMICS; HOX GENE; INVERTEBRATE; LETTER; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA ANEMONE; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE DUPLICATION; GENOME; HUMANS;

EID: 75549089647     PISSN: 14710056     EISSN: 14710064     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrg2600-c2     Document Type: Letter

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