Title: Repeated Duplication of Argonaute2 Is Associated with Strong Selection and Testis Specialization
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5 Affiliations: 6 Institute of Evolutionary Biology, University of Edinburgh, Kings Buildings, EH9 3JT, United Kingdom 7 Present Address: Department of Genetics, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge, 8 CB2 3EH 9 Present Address: Life Sciences, University of Sussex, United Kingdom 10 Department of Biosciences, Centre of Excellence in Biological Interactions, University of Helsinki, 11 Helsinki, Finland 12 Centre for Immunity, Infection and Evolution, University of Edinburgh, Kings Buildings, EH9 3JT, 13 United Kingdom 14 *Author for correspondence: [email protected] 15 16
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Repeated Duplication of Argonaute2 Is Associated with Strong Selection and Testis Specialization in Drosophila
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تاریخ انتشار 2016