Comparative genomic analysis identifies an evolutionary shift of vomeronasal receptor gene repertoires in the vertebrate transition from water to land

Genome Research

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 166-174

  Shi, Peng ^a   Zhang, Jianzhi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOMERONASAL RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE GENOMIC ANALYSIS; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR SIZE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RODENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; TELEOST; VERTEBRATE; VOMERONASAL ORGAN;

ANIMALS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HUMANS; PHYLOGENY; RECEPTORS, ODORANT; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VERTEBRATES; VOMERONASAL ORGAN;

RODENTIA; TELEOSTEI; TETRAPODA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33846859334     PISSN: 10889051     EISSN: 15495469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gr.6040007     Document Type: Article

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