The testis-specific apoptosis related gene TTL.6 underwent adaptive evolution in the lineage leading to humans

Gene

Volumn 370, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 58-63

  Chen, Xiao Hua ^a,b,c   Shi, Hong ^a,b   Liu, Xiao Lin ^c   Su, Bing ^a,b  

^a KUNMING INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Human evolution; Male reproductive genes; Positive selection; Sexual selection; Tubulin tyrosine ligase

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; PROTEIN TUBULIN TYROSINE LIGASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

APE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOLUTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC LINKAGE; HUMAN; INTRON; MONKEY; NONHUMAN; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TESTIS;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BASE SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PEPTIDE SYNTHASES; SELECTION (GENETICS); TESTIS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

CERCOPITHECIDAE; PRIMATES;

EID: 33644860353     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2005.11.014     Document Type: Article

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