Evolution by gene loss

Nature Reviews Genetics

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 379-391

  Albalat, Ricard ^a   Cañestro, Cristian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENT; GENE LOSS; GENOME; HUMAN; KNOCKOUT GENE; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ANIMAL; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS; GENOMICS; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION GENETICS; PROCEDURES;

ANIMALS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOMICS; HUMANS; PHENOTYPE; SELECTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84963556549     PISSN: 14710056     EISSN: 14710064     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrg.2016.39     Document Type: Review

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