The unusual adaptive expansion of pancreatic ribonuclease gene in carnivora

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 2326-2335

  Yu, Li ^a,b   Zhang, Ya Pingi ^a,b  

^a YUNNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b KUNMING INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Carnivora; Enzyme activity; Mustelidae; Positive selection; RNASE1

Indexed keywords

PANCREATIC RIBONUCLEASE;

ARTICLE; CARNIVORA; CECUM; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; FERMENTATION; FOREARM; GENE; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HERBIVORY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MUSTELIDAE; NONHUMAN; RUMINANT STOMACH; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; TISSUE SPECIFICITY;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CARNIVORA; CLONING, MOLECULAR; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUSTELIDAE; PHYLOGENY; RIBONUCLEASE, PANCREATIC; SELECTION (GENETICS); SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

ANIMALIA; ARTIODACTYLA; CANIFORMIA; CARNIVORA; MUSTELIDAE;

EID: 33750964022     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msl101     Document Type: Article

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