Duplication and relocation of the functional <it>DPY19L2 </it>gene within low copy repeats

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Low copy repeats (LCRs) are thought to play an important role in recent gene evolution, especially when they facilitate gene duplications. Duplicate genes are fundamental to adaptive evolution, providing substrates for the developmen...

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Main Authors: Cheung Joseph, Carson Andrew R, Scherer Stephen W
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2006-03-01
Series:BMC Genomics
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2164/7/45