On the evolution of duplicated genes: subfunctionalization vs neofunctionalization
Sandwalk,
New genes can arise by gene duplication. These events are quite common on an evolutionary time scale. In the current human…
Rethinking the rate of gene losses and gains
Gene Expression,
In the comments on a previous post, I made reference to a paper by Demuth et al. on the evolution of gene families in mammals.
PLoS One genetics and genomics
Gene Expression,
PLoS One has been out for a couple months now. They currently list 70 papers in the category of genetics and genomics. They…
Różnica między ludźmi a szympansami
miggawki,
Wszyscy słyszeli, że DNA szympansa i człowieka różni się tylko w 1-1,5%. Czy nowe badania zmieniły coś w naszej wiedzy na ten…