Impact of duplicate gene copies on phylogenetic analysis and divergence time estimates in butterflies

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The increase in availability of genomic sequences for a wide range of organisms has revealed gene duplication to be a relatively common event. Encounters with duplicate gene copies have consequently become almost inevitable in the co...

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Main Authors: Liswi Saif W, Yee Emily N, Sison-Mangus Marilou P, Pohl Nélida, Briscoe Adriana D
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2009-05-01
Series:BMC Evolutionary Biology
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2148/9/99