Evolutionary diversification of multigene families: Allelic selection of toxins in predatory cone snails

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 1286-1293

  Duda Jr , Thomas F ^a,b   Palumbi, Stephen R ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

Allelic diversification; Conus; Four loop conotoxins; Multigene families

Indexed keywords

CONOTOXIN; MESSENGER RNA; SNAIL VENOM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC SELECTION; GENOME; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PREDATOR; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SNAIL; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

CONUS ABBREVIATUS; CONUS EBRAEUS;

EID: 0033863707     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a026412     Document Type: Article

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