The number of genes in Drosophila melanogaster
THE number of genes in an organism is one of its fundamental biological parameters and relates to the number of functions required to construct that organism and determine its physiological characteristics. It is generally assumed that with increasing organic complexity the number of genes of the sp...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 1978 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC) |
| Repositorio: | DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:digital.csic.es:10261/47604 |
| Acceso en línea: | http://hdl.handle.net/10261/47604 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Drosophila Melanogaster Genes |
| Sumario: | THE number of genes in an organism is one of its fundamental biological parameters and relates to the number of functions required to construct that organism and determine its physiological characteristics. It is generally assumed that with increasing organic complexity the number of genes of the species must increase. The possibility does exist, however, that increasing complexity results from the effects of interactions between a small and relatively constant number of genes. The results presented here support the idea that the number of genes of the insect Drosophila is of the order of 5,000 and therefore not very different from the number of genes estimated for bacteria. |
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