Gene duplication as a mechanism of genomic adaptation to a changing environment

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 279, Issue 1749, 2012, Pages 5048-5057

  Kondrashov, Fyodor A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Environmental adaptation; Gene duplication; Genomics

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CUE; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; GENOME; GENOMICS;

EID: 84869130037     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2012.1108     Document Type: Review

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