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CURRENT OPINION IN PLANT BIOLOGY
Volume 15, Issue 2, Pages 168-176Publisher
CURRENT BIOLOGY LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbi.2012.01.003
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- Ghent University
- Interuniversity Attraction Poles Program [IUAP P6/25]
- Belgian State, Science Policy Office (BioMaGNet)
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Polyploidy or whole-genome duplication is a frequent phenomenon within the plant kingdom and has been associated with the occurrence of evolutionary novelty and increase in biological complexity. Because genome-wide duplication events duplicate whole molecular networks it is of interest to investigate how these networks evolve subsequent to such events. Although genome duplications are generally followed by massive gene loss, at least part of the network is usually retained in duplicate and can rewire to execute novel functions. Alternatively, the network can remain largely redundant and as such confer robustness against mutations. The increasing availability of high-throughput data makes it possible to study evolution following whole genome duplication events at the network level. Here we discuss how the use of 'omics' data in network analysis can provide novel insights on network redundancy and rewiring and conclude with some directions for future research.
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