Gene duplication, accompanied by modification of the expression and/or function of one of the duplicates under the action of positive selection, followed by further duplication to produce multigene families of toxins is a well-documented process in venomous animals. This evolutionary model has been ...
The profiling was conducted with the Rice 3'-Tiling Microarray designed from 27,448 genes deposited at IRGSP, RAP1 database (http://rapdb.lab.nig.ac.jp). In this research, an array of 27,448 rice genes was used to elucidate the transcriptome of 7 tissues or organs of Oryza sativa L. cv. Dongjin incl...
