Abstract:Extensive sequence similarity between duplicated gene pairs produced by paleo-polyploidization may result from illegitimate recombination between homologous chromosomes. The genomes of Asian cultivated rice Xian/indica (XI) and Geng/japonica (GJ) have recently been updated, providing new opportunities for investigating on-going gene conversion events. Using comparative genomics and phylogenetic analyses, we evaluated gene conversion rates between duplicated genes produced by polyploidization 100 million years … Show more
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