Cloning and characterisation of the GH gene from the common dolphin (Delphinus delphis)

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 127, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 300-306

  Maniou, Zoitsa ^a   Caryl Wallis, O ^a   Wallis, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cetacean; Cetartiodactyla; Dolphin; Gene sequence; Growth hormone; Molecular evolution

Indexed keywords

DNA; GROWTH HORMONE;

ARTICLE; ARTIODACTYLA; BOVIDS; CETACEA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOLPHIN; EXON; GENETIC TRAIT; GENOME; INTRON; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWINE;

DELPHINUS DELPHIS;

EID: 0036392161     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-6480(02)00058-8     Document Type: Article

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