Commentary
How the vertebrates were made: selective pruning of a double-duplicated genome
Author affiliations
Razavi Newman Center for Bioinformatics, Salk Institute for Biological Studies, 10010 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
Citation and License
BMC Biology 2010, 8:144 doi:10.1186/1741-7007-8-144
Published: 13 December 2010Abstract
Vertebrates are the result of an ancient double duplication of the genome. A new study published in BMC Biology explores the selective retention of genes after this event, finding an extensive enrichment of signaling proteins and transcription factors. Analysis of their expression patterns, interactions and subsequent history reflect the forces that drove their evolution, and with it the evolution of vertebrate complexity.
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