title: In ovo omnia: diversification by duplication in fish and other vertebrates.
abstract: Gene and genome duplications are considered to be the main evolutionary mechanisms contributing to the unrivalled biodiversity of bony fish. New studies of vitellogenin yolk proteins, including a report in BMC Evolutionary Biology, reveal that the genes underlying key evolutionary innovations and adaptations have undergone complex patterns of duplication and functional evolution.
authors.affiliation: University of Würzburg, Physiological Chemistry I, Biocenter, Am Hubland, Würzburg, Germany.
authors.forename: Ingo
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Braasch
authors.forename: Walter
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Salzburger
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D044822:Biodiversity; D019143:Evolution, Molecular; D005399:Fishes / Q000235:genetics*; D020440:Gene Duplication; D016678:Genome; D010802:Phylogeny; D014819:Vitellogenins / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D014819:Vitellogenins