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SUBMITTER: Betran E
PROVIDER: S-EPMC187566 | biostudies-literature | 2002 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Betrán Esther E Thornton Kevin K Long Manyuan M
Genome research 20021201 12
New genes that originated by various molecular mechanisms are an essential component in understanding the evolution of genetic systems. We investigated the pattern of origin of the genes created by retroposition in Drosophila. We surveyed the whole Drosophila melanogaster genome for such new retrogenes and experimentally analyzed their functionality and evolutionary process. These retrogenes, functional as revealed by the analysis of expression, substitution, and population genetics, show a surp ...[more]