De novo origins of human genes

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2011, Pages

  Guerzoni, Daniele ^a   McLysaght, Aoife ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHIMPANZEE; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCUS; HUMAN; HUMAN GENETICS; HUMAN GENOME; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NOTE; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; ORANG UTAN; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; ANIMAL; GENE; GENETICS; MALE; OPEN READING FRAME;

ANIMALS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENES; HUMANS; MALE; OPEN READING FRAMES;

EID: 81755160912     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1002381     Document Type: Note

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