Although gene duplication has generally been viewed as a necessary source of material for
the origin of evolutionary novelties, the rates of origin, loss, and preservation of gene …

Recent analyses of complete genome sequences have revealed that many genomes have
been duplicated in their evolutionary past. Such events have been associated with important …

A central goal in genome biology is to understand the origin and maintenance of genic
diversity. Over evolutionary time, each gene's contribution to the genic content of an …

Abstract β-Ketoacyl CoA synthetase (KCS) is a key rate-limiting enzyme for the synthesis of
very-long-chain fatty acids (VLCFAs) in plants that determines the synthesis rate and carbon …

Background Members of the C-type lectin domain (CTLD) superfamily are metazoan
proteins functionally important in glycoprotein metabolism, mechanisms of multicellular …

WRKY transcription factor genes compose an important family of transcriptional regulators
that are present in several plant species. According to previous studies, these genes can …

The complete genomic analysis of Arabidopsis thaliana has shown that a major fraction of
the genome consists of paralogous genes that probably originated through one or more …

Recent investigations of high-throughput genomic and phenomic data have uncovered a
variety of significant but relatively weak correlations between a gene's functional and …

The tempo at which a protein evolves depends not only on the rate at which mutations arise
but also on the selective effects that those mutations have at the organismal level. It is …

Comparing patterns of molecular evolution between autosomes and sex chromosomes
(such as X and W chromosomes) can provide insight into the forces underlying genome …