Conservation and functional significance of gene topology in the genome of Caenorhabditis elegans

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Figure 3.
Figure 3.

Types of overlapping. Six types of overlapping genes in C. elegans. (A) Nested gene pair, same strand. Each pair of nested gene consists of a flanking gene (outer gene) and a nested gene (inner gene). (B) Gene-pair group with overlapping exon, opposite strand. (C) Same-strand and opposite-strand interleaved gene pairs. (D) Piggyback gene pair. (E) Convergent overlapping gene pair. (F) Divergent overlapping gene group.

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  1. Published in Advance April 10, 2006, doi: 10.1101/gr.4515306 Genome Res. 16: 606-617

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