Open AccessWhen to Hold Them: Retention of Duplicate Genes in Poplar
Author(s) -
Jennifer Mach
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
the plant cell
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.324
H-Index - 341
eISSN - 1532-298X
pISSN - 1040-4651
DOI - 10.1105/tpc.114.128827
Subject(s) - biology , gene , genome , work (physics) , genetics , evolutionary biology , computational biology , mechanical engineering , engineering
In some ways, your genes resemble playing cards: you work with the hand you’re dealt. Sometimes, during the course of evolution, the dealer throws a species an unusual hand that includes duplicates of a few, or all, of its genes. Indeed, in plants, single-gene and whole-genome duplications have
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