De novo ORFs in Drosophila are important to organismal fitness and evolved rapidly from previously non-coding sequences.

How non-coding DNA gives rise to new protein-coding genes (de novo genes) is not well understood. Recent work has revealed the origins and functions of a few de novo genes, but common principles governing the evolution or biological roles of these genes are unknown. To better define these principles...

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Main Authors: Josephine A Reinhardt, Betty M Wanjiru, Alicia T Brant, Perot Saelao, David J Begun, Corbin D Jones
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS Genetics
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3798262?pdf=render