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

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Figure 8.
Figure 8.

Nested gene pairs. “Sheltered Island Model” exons are represented as boxes and introns are represented as lines. Exons of the essential genes are coded in black. Exons of the nonessential genes are represented as hollow boxes. UTRs are coded as light-gray boxes.

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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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