Analysis of 41 plant genomes supports a wave of successful genome duplications in association with the Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary

Genome Research

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1334-1347

  Vanneste, Kevin ^a,b   Baele, Guy ^c   Maere, Steven ^a,b   Van De Peer, Yves ^a,b,d  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PLANT SYSTEMS BIOLOGY   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c REGA INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

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ARTICLE; END CRETACEOUS MASS EXTINCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; EVOLUTIONARY HOMOLOGY; GENE DUPLICATION; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PLANT GENOME; POLYPLOIDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; BAYES THEOREM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; GENETICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY; PLANT; PLOIDY; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

BAYES THEOREM; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE DUPLICATION; GENETIC SPECIATION; GENOME, PLANT; MODELS, GENETIC; PHYLOGENY; PLANTS; PLOIDIES;

EID: 84905647470     PISSN: 10889051     EISSN: 15495469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gr.168997.113     Document Type: Article

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