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BMC plant biology. 2008-02-19; 8.18.

Characterization of paralogous protein families in rice

Lin H, Ouyang S, Egan A, Nobuta K, Haas BJ, Zhu W, Gu X, Silva JC, Meyers BC, Buell CR

PMID: 18284697

Abstract

High gene numbers in plant genomes reflect polyploidy and major gene duplication events. Oryza sativa, cultivated rice, is a diploid monocotyledonous species with a ~390 Mb genome that has undergone segmental duplication of a substantial portion of its genome. This, coupled with other genetic events such as tandem duplications, has resulted in a substantial number of its genes, and resulting proteins, occurring in paralogous families.

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