Rapid diversification of homothorax expression patterns after gene duplication in spiders

Rapid diversification of homothorax expression patterns after gene duplication in spiders

Abstract Background Gene duplications provide genetic material for the evolution of new morphological and physiological features. One copy can preserve the original gene functions while the second copy may evolve new functions (neofunctionalisation). Gene duplications may thus provide new genes invo...

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Main Authors: Natascha Turetzek, Sara Khadjeh, Christoph Schomburg, Nikola-Michael Prpic
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-07-01
Series:BMC Evolutionary Biology
Subjects:
Gene duplication
Neofunctionalisation
Spider
Homothorax
Gene expression
Evolution
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12862-017-1013-0

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