Cooper, David Neil ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8943-8484 2006. Primate evolution: gene loss and inactivation. eLS, Wiley-Blackwell, (10.1038/npg.els.0005121) |
Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/npg.els.0005121
Abstract
The loss or inactivation of single-copy nonessential genes has occurred on several occasions during primate evolution. Inactivating mutations may have been fixed either by genetic drift or through conferment of some selective advantage, such as pathogen-mediated selection.
Item Type: | Book Section |
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Date Type: | Published Online |
Status: | Published |
Schools: | Medicine |
Subjects: | Q Science > QH Natural history > QH426 Genetics |
Uncontrolled Keywords: | evolution; gene loss/inactivation; single copy pseudogene; primate evolution |
Publisher: | Wiley-Blackwell |
Last Modified: | 02 Nov 2022 09:59 |
URI: | https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/97073 |
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