Evolution of alternative splicing after gene duplication

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Figure 1.
Figure 1.

The distribution of alternative splice (AS) forms in human genes. (A) Each bar represents the percentage of human genes with the given number of AS forms. (B) The number of genes decays with the number of AS forms, following an exponential law (>19 AS forms excluded for simplicity).

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  1. Genome Res. 16: 182-189

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