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Comparative genomics of gene-family size in closely related bacteria

Ravindra Pushker, Alex Mira* and Francisco Rodríguez-Valera

Evolutionary Genomics Group, Universidad Miguel Hernández, Campus de San Juan, Apartado 18, 03550 San Juan de Alicante, Alicante, Spain

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Genome Biology 2004, 5:R27 doi:

Published: 18 March 2004

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Additional data file 1:

A figure showing the number of paralogs and the percentage of paralogous genes in the different-sized gene families in Pirelulla sp. compared to other large-sized genomes

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Additional data file 2:

A figure showing gene family sizes in intracellular genomes that have undergone reductive evolution compared to related free-living organisms

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Additional data file 3:

The legends to the figures in Additional data files 1 and 2

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Additional data file 4:

A zip file containing the data from which the figures in the manuscript were made

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