PUBLICATION

Genome duplication, divergent resolution and speciation

Authors
Taylor, J.S., van de Peer, Y., and Meyer, A.
ID
ZDB-PUB-010829-7
Date
2001
Source
Trends in genetics : TIG   17: 299-301 (Review)
Registered Authors
Meyer, Axel, Taylor, John
Keywords
none
MeSH Terms
  • Animals
  • Biological Evolution*
  • Gene Duplication*
  • Gene Silencing
  • Genes, Duplicate*
  • Genetic Variation*
  • Models, Genetic*
  • Phylogeny
PubMed
11377777 Full text @ Trends Genet.
Abstract
What are the evolutionary consequences of gene duplication? One answer is speciation, according to a model initially called Reciprocal Silencing and recently expanded and renamed Divergent Resolution. This model shows how the loss of different copies of a duplicated gene in allopatric populations (divergent resolution) can promote speciation by genetically isolating these populations should they become reunited. Genome duplication events produce thousands of duplicated genes. Therefore, lineages with a history of genome duplication might have been especially prone to speciation via divergent resolution.
Genes / Markers
Figures
Expression
Phenotype
Mutations / Transgenics
Human Disease / Model
Sequence Targeting Reagents
Fish
Antibodies
Orthology
Engineered Foreign Genes
Mapping