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Medientyp: E-Artikel Titel: Divergence pattern of animal gene families and relationship with the Cambrian explosion Beteiligte: Miyata, Takashi; Suga, Hiroshi Erschienen: Wiley, 2001 Erschienen in: BioEssays Sprache: Englisch DOI: 10.1002/bies.1147 ISSN: 1521-1878; 0265-9247 Schlagwörter: General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology Entstehung: Anmerkungen: Beschreibung: <jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>There are many gene families that are specific to multicellular animals. These have either diverged from ancestral genes that are shared with fungi and/or plants or evolved from an ancestral gene unique to animals. The evolution of gene families involved in cell–cell communication and developmental control has been studied to establish whether the number of member genes increased dramatically immediately prior to or in concert with the Cambrian explosion. A molecular phylogeny‐based analysis of several animal‐specific gene families has revealed that gene diversification by duplication occurred during two active periods interrupted by a long intervening quiescent period. Intriguingly, the Cambrian explosion is situated in the silent period, indicating that there is no direct link between the first burst of gene diversification and the Cambrian explosion itself. The importance of gene recruitment as a possible molecular mechanism for morphological diversity, and its possible role for the Cambrian explosion, are discussed. BioEssays 23:1018–1027, 2001. © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.</jats:p>