New relationship between gene duplication and alternative splicing in plants discovered

Tuesday, December 8, 2009 - 16:07 in Biology & Nature

Scientists looking to understand the genetic mechanisms of plant defense and growth have found for the first time in plants an inverse relationship between gene duplication and alternative splicing. The finding has implications for diversity not only in plants, but in animals and humans.

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