Ovine growth hormone gene duplication - Structural and evolutionary implications

Mammalian Genome

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 770-772

  Ofir, Rachel ^a   Gootwine, Elisha ^a  

^a VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE; HGH V PROTEIN, HUMAN; HGH-V PROTEIN, HUMAN; PLACENTAL PEPTIDE HORMONE;

ALLELE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE; GENE DOSAGE; GENETICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SHEEP;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE DOSAGE; GENES; GROWTH HORMONE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLACENTAL HORMONES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SHEEP;

ANIMALIA; OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0031260245     PISSN: 09388990     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003359900563     Document Type: Article

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