A molecular and evolutionary study of the β-globin gene family of the Australian marsupial Sminthopsis crassicaudata

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1012-1022

  Cooper, S J B ^a,b   Murphy, R ^a   Dolman, G ^a   Hussey, D ^a   Hope, R M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b SOUTH AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

Author keywords

eutherian; globin gene evolution; marsupial; Sminthopsis crassicaudata; globin

Indexed keywords

BETA GLOBIN;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; EMBRYO; EVOLUTION; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC LINKAGE; MARSUPIAL; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY;

ANIMALIA; DIDELPHIMORPHIA; DIDELPHIS VIRGINIANA; EUTHERIA; MAMMALIA; METATHERIA; SMINTHOPSIS CRASSICAUDATA;

EID: 0029837321     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a025651     Document Type: Article

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