title: Genome evolution: a double take for Paramecium.
abstract: The surprising discovery of a whole-genome duplication in the otherwise compact genome of Paramecium tetraurelia displays the early forces driving gene retention and loss.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, Washington University in St Louis, St. Louis, Missouri 63130, USA.
authors.forename: Douglas L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Chalker
authors.forename: Nicholas A
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Stover
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D019143:Evolution, Molecular; D020440:Gene Duplication; D018503:Genome, Protozoan; D016805:Paramecium tetraurelia / Q000235:genetics*