Multiple Mechanisms Promote the Retained Expression of Gene Duplicates in the Tetraploid Frog Xenopus laevis

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About the Authors

Frédéric J. J Chain

Contributed equally to this work with: Frédéric J. J Chain, Ben J Evans

Affiliation Center for Environmental Genomics, Department of Biology, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Ben J Evans

Contributed equally to this work with: Frédéric J. J Chain, Ben J Evans

*To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: evansb@mcmaster.ca

Affiliation Center for Environmental Genomics, Department of Biology, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

FJJC and BJE contributed equally to the research design, data analysis, and writing of this manuscript.

Xenopus
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Tetraploidy
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Amphibian genomics
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Evolutionary rate
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Polyploidy
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Substitution mutation
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Amino acid substitution
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Gene expression
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