The distributions of the duplicate oestrogen receptors ER-βa and ER-βb in the forebrain of the Atlantic croaker (Micropogonias undulatus): Evidence for subfunctionalization after gene duplication

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 272, Issue 1563, 2005, Pages 633-641

  Hawkins, M B ^a,b   Godwin, J ^b   Crews, D ^a   Thomas, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain; Gene duplication; Hypothalamus; Neuroendocrine regulation; Oestrogen receptor; Teleost fishes

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; MESSENGER RNA; RECEPTOR SUBTYPE;

TELEOST;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOREBRAIN; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE FUNCTION; HYPOTHALAMUS; MAGNOCELLULAR NUCLEUS; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; TELEOST; ANIMAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DUPLICATE GENE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETIC PROCEDURES; GENETICS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PERCIFORMES; UNITED STATES;

ACER; MICROPOGONIAS UNDULATUS; TELEOSTEI; TETRAPODA;

ANIMALS; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENES, DUPLICATE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MOLECULAR PROBE TECHNIQUES; PERCIFORMES; PROSENCEPHALON; RNA, MESSENGER; TEXAS;

EID: 23244458092     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2004.3008     Document Type: Article

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