Rodent-specific alternative exons are more frequent in rapidly evolving genes and in paralogs
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Alternative splicing is an important mechanism for generating functional and evolutionary diversity of proteins in eukaryotes. Here, we studied the frequency and functionality of recently gained, rodent-specific alternative exons.<...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2009-06-01
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Series: | BMC Evolutionary Biology |
Online Access: | http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2148/9/142 |