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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Drosophila melanogaster
SUBMITTER: Scott Rifkin
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-2126 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Rifkin Scott A SA Houle David D Kim Junhyong J White Kevin P KP
Nature 20051101 7065
Mutation is the ultimate source of biological diversity because it generates the variation that fuels evolution. Gene expression is the first step by which an organism translates genetic information into developmental change. Here we estimate the rate at which mutation produces new variation in gene expression by measuring transcript abundances across the genome during the onset of metamorphosis in 12 initially identical Drosophila melanogaster lines that independently accumulated mutations for ...[more]