Enhanced functional divergence of duplicate genes several million years after gene duplication in the Arabidopsis lineage
Kousuke Hanada, Ayumi Tezuka, Masafumi Nozawa, Yutaka Suzuki, Sumio Sugano, Atsushi J. Nagano, Motomi Ito, Shi-Ichi Morinaga
The paper investigates gene duplication and selective pressures in Arabidopsis species, finding that functional divergence of duplicated genes accelerates several million years post-duplication.
bioRxiv · Apr 8, 2016 · PreprintGenomics