Molecular evolution of the avian growth hormone gene and comparison with its mammalian counterpart

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 844-854

  Buggiotti, L ^b   Primmer, C R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Birds; Growth hormone; Mammals; Molecular evolution; Positive selection; Signal peptide

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE;

EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; GENE EXPRESSION; HORMONE; PARSIMONY ANALYSIS; PEPTIDE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HUMAN; MAMMAL; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BIRDS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; MAMMALS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SELECTION (GENETICS); SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VARIATION (GENETICS);

AVES; MAMMALIA;

EID: 33644950071     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2005.01042.x     Document Type: Article

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