Convergent evolution on the molecular level

Brain, Behavior and Evolution

Volumn 59, Issue 5-6, 2002, Pages 250-261

  Zakon, Harold H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Convergence; Gap junctions; Glutamate receptors; K+ channels; Molecular evolution; Na+ channels; Opsins; Pufferfish (Fugu)

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID B RECEPTOR; AMPA RECEPTOR; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; ION CHANNEL; IONOTROPIC RECEPTOR; KAINIC ACID RECEPTOR; METABOTROPIC RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; NEUROTOXIN; NEUROTRANSMITTER RECEPTOR; OPSIN; VENOM;

CONFERENCE PAPER; CONVERGENT EVOLUTION; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; GAP JUNCTION; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; INVERTEBRATE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NEUROBIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALS; CONVERGENCE, OCULAR; EVOLUTION; GAP JUNCTIONS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; OPSIN; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; RECEPTORS, GLUTAMATE; SODIUM CHANNELS;

TAKIFUGU; TETRAODONTIDAE;

EID: 0036037576     PISSN: 00068977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000063562     Document Type: Conference Paper

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