Lawson Mark J, Jiao Jian, Fan Weiguo, Zhang Liqing
Department of Computer Science, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA.
Comp Funct Genomics. 2009;2009:761512. doi: 10.1155/2009/761512. Epub 2010 Jan 31.
Gene conversion is an important biological process that involves the transfer of genetic (sequence) information from one gene to another. This can have a variety of effects on an organism, both short-term and long-term and both positive and detrimental. In an effort to better understand this process, we searched through over 3,000 abstracts that contain research on gene conversions, tagging the important data and performing an analysis on what we extract. Through this we established trends that give a better insight into gene conversion research and genetic research in general. Our results show the importance of the process and the importance of continuing gene conversion research.
基因转换是一个重要的生物学过程，它涉及遗传（序列）信息从一个基因转移到另一个基因。这可能对生物体产生各种影响，包括短期和长期的，以及积极和有害的影响。为了更好地理解这一过程，我们在3000多篇包含基因转换研究的摘要中进行了搜索，标记重要数据并对提取的内容进行分析。通过这项工作，我们确立了一些趋势，这些趋势能让我们更好地洞察基因转换研究以及总体的遗传学研究。我们的结果表明了这一过程的重要性以及继续进行基因转换研究的重要性。
