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Gene duplication and evolutionary novelty in plants.

The New phytologist ·Vol. 183 ·No. 3 ·2009-08-00 ·Pages 557-564

Flagel LE, Wendel JF

Abstract

Duplication is a prominent feature of plant genomic architecture. This has led many researchers to speculate that gene duplication may have played an important role in the evolution of phenotypic novelty within plants. Until recently, however, it was difficult to make this connection. We are now beginning to understand how duplication has contributed to adaptive evolution in plants. In this review we introduce the sources of gene duplication and predictions of the various fates of duplicates. We also highlight several recent and pertinent examples from the literature. These examples demonstrate the importance of the functional characteristics of genes and the source of duplication in influencing evolutionary outcome.

MeSH Terms
Adaptation, Physiological/genetics Evolution, Molecular Gene Duplication Models, Genetic Plants/genetics
Authors & Affiliations
2 authors, click to expand affiliations / ORCID
Flagel Lex E
Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, USA.
Wendel Jonathan F
Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, USA.
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Article Info
Journal
The New phytologist
Abbr.
New Phytol
ISSN
1469-8137
DOI
10.1111/j.1469-8137.2009.02923.x
Published
2009-08-00
Epub
2009-00-23
Pages
557-564
Language
English
Region
England
NLM ID
9882884
Subset
IM
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PubMed source DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2009.02923.x View journal details
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