Evolution of linkage and genome expansion in protocells: The origin of chromosomes
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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1009155
Abstract: Chromosomes are likely to have assembled from unlinked genes in early evolution. Genetic linkage reduces the assortment load and intragenomic conflict in reproducing protocell models to the extent that chromosomes can go to fixation even… read more here.
Keywords: linkage genome; unlinked genes; linkage; genome expansion ... See more keywords