Molecular adaptation and expression evolution following duplication of genes for organellar ribosomal protein S13 in rosids

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Gene duplication has been a fundamental process in the evolution of eukaryotic genomes. After duplication one copy (or both) can undergo divergence in sequence, expression pattern, and function. Two divergent copies of the ribosomal...

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Main Authors: Adams Keith, Liu Shao-Lun
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2008-01-01
Series:BMC Evolutionary Biology
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2148/8/25