Protist homologs of the meiotic Spo11 gene and topoisomerase VI reveal an evolutionary history of gene duplication and lineage-specific loss.

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• Publication year

  2007

• Venue

  Molecular biology and evolution

• Publication date

  2007-12-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine

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  DOI 10.1093/MOLBEV/MSM217PMID 17921483
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