V2R gene families degenerated in primates, dog and cow, but expanded in opossum

Trends in Genetics

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 212-215

  Young, Janet M ^a   Trask, Barbara J ^a  

^a Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM SENSING RECEPTOR; VASOPRESSIN V2 RECEPTOR;

COW; DOG; EVOLUTION; GENE DUPLICATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MACACA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPOSSUM; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOGENE; SHORT SURVEY;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; DOGS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE DUPLICATION; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; MAMMALS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; OPOSSUMS; PRIMATES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VOMERONASAL ORGAN;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; DIDELPHIDAE; MAMMALIA; PAN; PRIMATES; RODENTIA;

EID: 34247272884     PISSN: 01689525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tig.2007.03.004     Document Type: Short Survey

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