Evolution of growth hormone in primates: The GH gene clusters of the New World monkeys marmoset (Callithrix jacchus) and white-fronted capuchin (Cebus albifrons)

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 591-601

  Wallis, O Caryl ^a   Wallis, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Episodic molecular evolution; Gene duplication; Growth hormone; Primates

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE; SPACER DNA;

ALU SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CALLITHRIX JACCHUS; CEBIDAE; CEBUS ALBIFRONS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FLANKING REGION; GENE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE CONVERSION; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LOCATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GROWTH HORMONE GENE; HUMAN; MARMOSET; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; P ELEMENT; PLACENTA; PRIMATE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PSEUDOGENE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES COMPARISON;

ALU ELEMENTS; ANIMALS; CALLITHRIX; CEBUS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE CONVERSION; GENE DUPLICATION; GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYLOGENY; PRIMATES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

CALLITHRIX JACCHUS; CEBUS ALBIFRONS; MARMOSETS; PLATYRRHINI; PRIMATES;

EID: 33751530963     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00239-006-0039-5     Document Type: Article

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