The limits of subfunctionalization

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The duplication-degeneration-complementation (DDC) model has been proposed as an explanation for the unexpectedly high retention of duplicate genes. The hypothesis proposes that, following gene duplication, the two gene copies degene...

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Main Authors: Bergman Aviv, MacCarthy Thomas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2007-11-01
Series:BMC Evolutionary Biology
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2148/7/213