Ancestral gene duplication enabled the evolution of multifunctional cellulases in stick insects (Phasmatodea).

@article{Shelomi2016AncestralGD,
  title={Ancestral gene duplication enabled the evolution of multifunctional cellulases in stick insects (Phasmatodea).},
  author={Matan Shelomi and David G. Heckel and Yannick Pauchet},
  journal={Insect biochemistry and molecular biology},
  year={2016},
  volume={71},
  pages={
          1-11
        }
}
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