Rapid Diversification of FoxP2 in Teleosts through Gene Duplication in the Teleost-Specific Whole Genome Duplication Event

Xiaowei Song; Yajun Wang; Yezhong Tang

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0083858

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Rapid Diversification of FoxP2 in Teleosts through Gene Duplication in the Teleost-Specific Whole Genome Duplication Event

Xiaowei Song,

Affiliations Department of Herpetology, Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu, Sichuan, China, College of Life Science, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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Yajun Wang ,

* Email: cdwyjhk@gmail.com (YW); tangyz@cib.ac.cn (YT)

Affiliation College of Life Science, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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Yezhong Tang

* Email: cdwyjhk@gmail.com (YW); tangyz@cib.ac.cn (YT)

Affiliation Department of Herpetology, Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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Rapid Diversification of FoxP2 in Teleosts through Gene Duplication in the Teleost-Specific Whole Genome Duplication Event

Xiaowei Song,
Yajun Wang,
Yezhong Tang

Published: December 9, 2013
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0083858

About the Authors

Xiaowei Song

Affiliations Department of Herpetology, Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu, Sichuan, China, College of Life Science, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

Yajun Wang

* Email: cdwyjhk@gmail.com (YW); tangyz@cib.ac.cn (YT)

Affiliation College of Life Science, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China

Yezhong Tang

* Email: cdwyjhk@gmail.com (YW); tangyz@cib.ac.cn (YT)

Affiliation Department of Herpetology, Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu, Sichuan, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: XWS. Performed the experiments: XWS. Analyzed the data: XWS. Wrote the manuscript: XWS YJW YZT.

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