Molecular evolution of growth hormone (GH) in cetartiodactyla: Cloning and characterization of the gene encoding GH from a primitive ruminant, the chevrotain (Tragulus javanicus)

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 123, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 62-72

  Wallis, O C ^a   Wallis, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cetartiodactyla; Chevrotain; Gene sequence; Growth hormone; Molecular evolution; Ruminant; Tragulus

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BOVIDS; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

TRAGULUS JAVANICUS;

EID: 0034945487     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/gcen.2001.7652     Document Type: Article

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