Evolutionary Genetics: Smells like a Pseudo-pseudogene
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A new study reports the presence of a chemosensory pseudogene in Drosophila sechellia, which in spite of carrying a premature stop-codon nevertheless encodes a fully functional and full-length protein. Such 'pseudo-pseudogenes' might well be a widespread phenomenon.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Current Biology
دوره 26 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2016