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[News Focus] Ninth International Plant Molecular Biology Congress: A Question of Balance
Friday, November 20, 2009Researchers have proposed that genes that code for proteins that are part of complexes are most likely to survive the purging that follows whole-genome duplications. Increasing evidence from the 9th International Plant Molecular Biology Congress and other meetings suggests that this so-called gene balance hypothesis may be correct.
Author: Elizabeth Pennisi
Original article from http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/326/5956/1059?rss=1
Author: Elizabeth Pennisi
Original article from http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/326/5956/1059?rss=1
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