Gene duplicability of core genes is highly consistent across all angiosperms [PDF]
, 2016 Gene duplication is an important mechanism for adding to genomic novelty. Hence, which genes undergo duplication and are preserved following duplication is an important question. It has been observed that gene duplicability, or the ability of genes to be
De Smet, Riet +5 more
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The Role of Retrotransposons in Gene Family Expansions: Insights from the Mouse \u3ci\u3eAbp\u3c/i\u3e Gene Family [PDF]
, 2013 Background: Retrotransposons have been suggested to provide a substrate for non-allelic homologous recombination (NAHR) and thereby promote gene family expansion. Their precise role, however, is controversial.
Janoušek, Václav +2 more
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Selection in the evolution of gene duplications [PDF]
Genome Biology, 2002 Gene duplications have a major role in the evolution of new biological functions. Theoretical studies often assume that a duplication per se is selectively neutral and that, following a duplication, one of the gene copies is freed from purifying (stabilizing) selection, which creates the potential for evolution of a new function.In search of systematic
Fyodor A. Kondrashov +3 more
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BMC Genomics, 2012 Background Gene duplication has had a major impact on genome evolution. Localized (or tandem) duplication resulting from unequal crossing over and whole genome duplication are believed to be the two dominant mechanisms contributing to vertebrate genome ...
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Horizontal transfer, not duplication, drives the expansion of protein families in prokaryotes. [PDF]
PLoS Genetics, 2011 Gene duplication followed by neo- or sub-functionalization deeply impacts the evolution of protein families and is regarded as the main source of adaptive functional novelty in eukaryotes.
Todd J Treangen, Eduardo P C Rocha
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Gene duplication in an African cichlid adaptive radiation [PDF]
, 2014 Background Gene duplication is a source of evolutionary innovation and can contribute to the divergence of lineages; however, the relative importance of this process remains to be determined.
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Gene duplication and evolution in recurring polyploidization–diploidization cycles in plants
Genome Biology, 2019 Background The sharp increase of plant genome and transcriptome data provide valuable resources to investigate evolutionary consequences of gene duplication in a range of taxa, and unravel common principles underlying duplicate gene retention. Results We
Xin Qiao +7 more
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Magnetosome Gene Duplication as an Important Driver in the Evolution of Magnetotaxis in the Alphaproteobacteria [PDF]
, 2019 The evolution of microbial magnetoreception (or magnetotaxis) is of great interest in the fields of microbiology, evolutionary biology, biophysics, geomicrobiology, and geochemistry.
Bazylinski, Dennis A. +9 more
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Mechanisms of Gene Duplication and Amplification [PDF]
Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology, 2015 Changes in gene copy number are among the most frequent mutational events in all genomes and were among the mutations for which a physical basis was first known. Yet mechanisms of gene duplication remain uncertain because formation rates are difficult to measure and mechanisms may vary with position in a genome.
Reams, Andrew B, Roth, John R
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Copy-number changes in evolution: rates, fitness effects and adaptive significance
Frontiers in Genetics, 2013 Gene copy-number differences due to gene duplications and deletions are rampant in natural populations and play a crucial role in the evolution of genome complexity.
Vaishali eKatju, Ulfar eBergthorsson
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