SSADH variation in primates: Intra- and interspecific data on a gene with a potential role in human cognitive functions

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 54-68

  Blasi, Paola ^a   Palmerio, Francesca ^a   Aiello, Aurora ^b   Rocchi, Mariano ^c   Malaspina, Patrizia ^a   Novelletto, Andrea ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

ALDH5A1; Evolutionary neutrality; GABA metabolism; Positive selection; Primate evolution

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE; NUCLEOTIDE; SUCCINATE SEMIALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE;

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID METABOLISM; AFRICA; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; ASIA; BONOBO; CHIMPANZEE; CHROMOSOME; COGNITION; DNA FLANKING REGION; EUROPE; EVOLUTION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GIBBON; GORILLA; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; INTRON; MACACA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORANG UTAN; PRIMATE;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; COGNITION; EVOLUTION; GORILLA GORILLA; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; HYLOBATES; MACACA MULATTA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; OPEN READING FRAMES; PAN PANISCUS; PAN TROGLODYTES; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PONGO PYGMAEUS; PRIMATES; RNA, UNTRANSLATED; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SUCCINATE-SEMIALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE; VARIATION (GENETICS);

HYLOBATES SP.; PAN PANISCUS; PAN TROGLODYTES; PONGO PYGMAEUS; PRIMATES;

EID: 33745624568     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00239-005-0154-8     Document Type: Article

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