Evolutionary dynamics of olfactory and other chemosensory receptor genes in vertebrates

Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 505-517

  Niimura, Yoshihito ^a   Nei, Masatoshi ^b  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Birth and death evolution; Multigene family; Olfactory receptors; Phylogenetic analysis; Taste receptors; Vertebrate evolution; Vomeronasal receptors

Indexed keywords

G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN;

ALPHA HELIX; CHROMOSOME REARRANGEMENT; EVOLUTION; GENE CLUSTER; GENE DUPLICATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY EPITHELIUM; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR; PHYLOGENY; PSEUDOGENE; SENSORY RECEPTOR; SHORT SURVEY; TASTE BUD; VERTEBRATE; VOMERONASAL ORGAN;

ANIMALS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; HUMANS; MICE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYLOGENY; PSEUDOGENES; RECEPTORS, G-PROTEIN-COUPLED; RECEPTORS, ODORANT; SELECTION (GENETICS); VERTEBRATES;

MAMMALIA; PISCES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33745463000     PISSN: 14345161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10038-006-0391-8     Document Type: Short Survey

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