Multiple rounds of speciation associated with reciprocal gene loss in polyploid yeasts

Devin R. Scannell, Kevin P. Byrne, Jonathan L. Gordon, Simon Wong and Kenneth H. Wolfe ()
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Devin R. Scannell: University of Dublin, Trinity College
Kevin P. Byrne: University of Dublin, Trinity College
Jonathan L. Gordon: University of Dublin, Trinity College
Simon Wong: University of Dublin, Trinity College
Kenneth H. Wolfe: University of Dublin, Trinity College

Nature, 2006, vol. 440, issue 7082, 341-345

Abstract: A proposal for a simple, unified model in which a single mechanism — passive gene loss — enabled whole-genome duplication and led to the rapid emergence of new yeast species.

Date: 2006
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