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Validation of orphan genes. a PCR validation experiments for eleven candidate orphan genes. Genomic DNA (odd numbers) and cDNA (even numbers) was amplified using the same primer pairs. In three cases, we obtained bands in the expected size range. b Sequencing of amplification products resulted in ESTs that exactly confirmed the gene structure
