Open AccessDblox: a genome-wide test for ancient segmental duplication
Author(s) -
Robert Friedman,
Vikram Ekollu,
John R. Rose,
Austin L. Hughes
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
bioinformatics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.599
H-Index - 390
eISSN - 1367-4811
pISSN - 1367-4803
DOI - 10.1093/bioinformatics/bth275
Subject(s) - gene duplication , genome , biology , segmental duplication , computational biology , genetics , coding (social sciences) , gene , coding region , computer science , gene family , mathematics , statistics
Dblox and RDblox provide a simple statistical test for duplicated genomic structure; the same programs can also be used to identify putatively duplicated regions. The method focuses on ancient duplication events involving protein-coding genes.
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