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Young duplicate genic DNA

Analysis of population genomic and transcriptomic data of flies and humans shows that species-specific mutation biases and common selective forces have collectively shaped the early evolutionary phase of duplicated DNA segments that overlap with coding genes.

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Fig. 1: Duplicated DNA segments that overlap with coding genes in flies and humans.

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Liao, BY. Young duplicate genic DNA. Nat Ecol Evol 6, 249–250 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-021-01639-1

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