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SUBMITTER: Liu Z
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5059761 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Nature communications 20161007
Expansion of the cytochrome P450 gene family is often proposed to have a critical role in the evolution of metabolic complexity, in particular in microorganisms, insects and plants. However, the molecular mechanisms underlying the evolution of this complexity are poorly understood. Here we describe the evolutionary history of a plant P450 retrogene, which emerged and underwent fixation in the common ancestor of Brassicales, before undergoing tandem duplication in the ancestor of Brassicaceae. Du ...[more]