Average time before silencing of one duplicate gene pair member in animals
| Range | ~4,000,000 years |
|---|---|
| Organism | Eukaryotes |
| Reference | Lynch, M. Genomics. Gene duplication and evolution. Science 297, 945–947 (2002). p.945 middle column 2nd paragraphPubMed ID12169715 |
| Primary Source | M. Lynch, J. C. Conery, Science 290, 1151 (2000). The evolutionary fate and consequences of duplicate genes. & Genome Evolution, A. Meyer, Y. Van de Peer, Eds. (Kluwer Academic, Dordrecht, Netherlands)PubMed ID11073452 |
| Comments | "The most common fate of duplicate genes appears to be the simple silencing of one member of the pair. The average time before silencing of one duplicate gene pair member is ~4 million years in animals (primary sources). By restoring the content of a genome to its original state, the silencing of duplicate genes has little direct effect on adaptive evolution." |
| Entered by | Uri M |
| ID | 110454 |