Horizontal transfer, not duplication, drives the expansion of protein families in prokaryotes.
Gene duplication followed by neo- or sub-functionalization deeply impacts the evolution of protein families and is regarded as the main source of adaptive functional novelty in eukaryotes. While there is ample evidence of adaptive gene duplication in prokaryotes, it is not clear whether duplication...
Main Authors: | Todd J Treangen, Eduardo P C Rocha |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2011-01-01
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Series: | PLoS Genetics |
Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3029252?pdf=render |
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