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SUBMITTER: Moore RC
PROVIDER: S-EPMC307628 | biostudies-literature | 2003 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Moore Richard C RC Purugganan Michael D MD
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20031211 26
Gene duplications are one of the primary driving forces in the evolution of genomes and genetic systems. Gene duplicates account for 8-20% of the genes in eukaryotic genomes, and the rates of gene duplication are estimated at between 0.2% and 2% per gene per million years. Duplicate genes are believed to be a major mechanism for the establishment of new gene functions and the generation of evolutionary novelty, yet very little is known about the early stages of the evolution of duplicated gene p ...[more]