Functional and evolutionary correlates of gene constellations in the Drosophila melanogaster genome that deviate from the stereotypical gene architecture.

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Published in BMC Genomics on May 24, 2010

Authors

Shuwei Li1, Ching-Hua Shih, Michael H Kohn

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, MS 170, Houston, Texas 77005, USA.

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