Evolutionary changes of the number of olfactory receptor genes in the human and mouse lineages

Gene

Volumn 346, Issue , 2005, Pages 23-28

  Niimura, Yoshihito ^a,b   Nei, Masatoshi ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Tokyo Medical and Dental University ^*  (Japan)

Author keywords

Gene expansion; Gene gain; Gene loss; Most recent common ancestor; Pseudogene

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE FUNCTION; GENE NUMBER; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC LINE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOGENE; RECEPTOR GENE; SPECIES COMPARISON;

EID: 14744284850     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2004.09.027     Document Type: Article

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