BMC Evolutionary Biology

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Compensatory evolution for a gene deletion is not limited to its immediate functional network

WR Harcombe, R Springman and JJ Bull*

Author Affiliations

Section of Integrative Biology, Institute for Cell and Molecular Biology, Center for Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, University of Texas, Austin, Texas 78712, USA

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BMC Evolutionary Biology 2009, 9:106 doi:10.1186/1471-2148-9-106

Published: 16 May 2009

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Changes observed in the T3Δ1.3 AE adaptation and recombination test of compensatory evolution. Details and status of evolutionary changes observed in the T3Δ1.3 AE line, along with known functions of their gene locations.

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Changes observed in the T3Δ1.3 BE adaptation and recombination test of compensatory evolution. Details and status of evolutionary changes observed in the T3Δ1.3 BE line, along with known functions of their gene locations.

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