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Seeing double

How do genomes evolve? Studies of numerous yeast species confirm the view that the duplication of genes, larger chromosomal segments and whole genomes are key mechanisms.

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Figure 1: Detecting whole-genome duplications.

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Goffeau, A. Seeing double. Nature 430, 25–26 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1038/430025a

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