【新华社】Plant duplicate gene database developed for plant genetic variation study
BEIJING,Feb.26(Xinhua)--Researchershaveconstructedadatabaseofplantduplicategenesfreelyavailableonline.Plantsarecapableofduplicatingtheirgenes.Geneduplicationwithhighfrequencymakesgeneticvariationhappencontinuously,helpsplantsadapttotheexternalchangeableenvironmentandpromotesspeciesdiversity.Toprovideaplatformforaccessingduplicatedgenepairsindifferentplants,theChineseandAmericanresearcherssurveyed141sequencedplantgenomestogiveaclearexplanationoftheconsequencesofgeneandgenomeduplicationandconstruc