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The origin and evolution of cell types

The origin and evolution of cell types

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The origin and evolution of cell types

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The origin and evolution of cell types

Publisher

London: Nature Publishing Group UK

Journal title

Nature reviews. Genetics, 2016-12, Vol.17 (12), p.744-757

Language

English

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London: Nature Publishing Group UK

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Contents

Key Points
A new evolutionary definition of cell types is presented. Cell types are evolutionary units defined by common descent rather than phenotypic similarity, and characterized by their ability to evolve gene expression programmes independently of each other.
The evolutionary diversification of cell types is driven by genomic individuati...

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The origin and evolution of cell types

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TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_1846393844

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_1846393844

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ISSN

1471-0056

E-ISSN

1471-0064

DOI

10.1038/nrg.2016.127

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