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Evolutionary genetics

a model of multigene family evolution in which new genes arise by duplication and some persist while others decay or are lost.

In evolutionary genetics, birth-and-death evolution refers to a model of multigene family evolution in which new genes arise by duplication and some persist while others decay or are lost. This meaning comes from Nei (2005) in Annual Review of Genetics.[1]

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Nei, M., & Rooney, A. P. (2005). Concerted and Birth-and-Death Evolution of Multigene Families. Annual Review of Genetics, 39(1), 121-152. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev.genet.39.073003.112240

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