Gene duplication rate per gene per billion years
| Value | 0.035 gene^-1*billion years^-1 Range: 0.01 - 0.06 gene^-1*billion years^-1 |
|---|---|
| Organism | Budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae |
| Reference | Gao LZ, Innan H. Very low gene duplication rate in the yeast genome. Science. 2004 Nov 19 306(5700):1367-70.PubMed ID15550669 |
| Comments | A very low duplication rate in comparison to other organisms. For a general rate of gene duplication of 1%/gene/million years see Lewin, Genes IX p.101 fig.6.4 |
| Entered by | Ron Milo - Admin |
| ID | 100276 |