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Evolution of genes and genomes in the genomics era

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This work was supported by the Strategic Priority Research Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences (XDB31000000) and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (91731301).

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  2. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100049, Beijing, China

    Song Ge & Ya-Long Guo

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Ge, S., Guo, YL. Evolution of genes and genomes in the genomics era. Sci. China Life Sci. 63, 602–605 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11427-020-1672-0

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