Skip to main page content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Dot gov

The .gov means it’s official.
Federal government websites often end in .gov or .mil. Before sharing sensitive information, make sure you’re on a federal government site.

Https

The site is secure.
The https:// ensures that you are connecting to the official website and that any information you provide is encrypted and transmitted securely.

Access keys NCBI Homepage MyNCBI Homepage Main Content Main Navigation
Comparative Study
. 2005 Oct;21(10):548-51.
doi: 10.1016/j.tig.2005.07.008.

Do disparate mechanisms of duplication add similar genes to the genome?

Affiliations
Comparative Study

Do disparate mechanisms of duplication add similar genes to the genome?

Jerel C Davis et al. Trends Genet. 2005 Oct.

Abstract

Gene duplication is the fundamental source of new genes. Biases in duplication have profound implications for the dynamics of gene content during evolution. In this article, we compare genes arising from whole gene duplication (WGD), smaller scale duplication (SSD) and singletons in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Our results demonstrate that genes duplicated by WGD and SSD are similarly biased with respect to codon bias and evolutionary rate, although differing significantly in their functional constituency.

PubMed Disclaimer

Similar articles

Cited by

Publication types

LinkOut - more resources