What does a worm want with 20,000 genes?

被引：28
作者：
Hodgkin, Jonathan [1 ]
机构：
[1] Univ Oxford, Dept Biochem, Genet Unit, Oxford OX1 3QU, England
来源：
GENOME BIOLOGY | 2001年 / 2卷 / 11期
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D O I：
10.1186/gb-2001-2-11-comment2008
中图分类号：
Q81 [生物工程学（生物技术）]; Q93 [微生物学];
学科分类号：
071005 ; 0836 ; 090102 ; 100705 ;
摘要：
The number of genes predicted for the Caenorhabditis elegans genome is remarkably high: approximately 20,000, if both protein-coding and RNA-coding genes are counted. This article discusses possible explanations for such a high value.
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