TY - CHAP AU - Nobuko Arisue AU - Nirianne M. Q. Palacpac AU - Kazuyuki Tanabe AU - Toshihiro Horii ED - Felix Friedberg Y1 - 2011-10-21 PY - 2011 T1 - Clues to Evolution of the SERA Multigene Family in the Genus Plasmodium N2 - The book Gene Duplication consists of 21 chapters divided in 3 parts: General Aspects, A Look at Some Gene Families and Examining Bundles of Genes. The importance of the study of Gene Duplication stems from the realization that the dynamic process of duplication is the “sine qua non” underlying the evolution of all living matter. Genes may be altered before or after the duplication process thereby undergoing neofunctionalization, thus creating in time new organisms which populate the Earth. BT - Gene Duplication SP - Ch. 17 UR - https://doi.org/10.5772/23460 DO - 10.5772/23460 SN - PB - IntechOpen CY - Rijeka Y2 - 2024-04-16 ER -