ZP genes in avian species illustrate the dynamic evolution of the vertebrate egg envelope

Cytogenetic and Genome Research

Volumn 117, Issue 1-4, 2007, Pages 86-91

  Hughes, D C ^a  

^a NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AVIAN GENETICS; DYNAMICS; EGG; ENVELOPE GENE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE NUMBER; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VERTEBRATE; ZONA PELLUCIDA; ZP1 GENE; ZP2 GENE; ZP3 GENE; ZPAX GENE; ZPD GENE;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; EGG PROTEINS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENOME; HUMANS; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; OVUM; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; SYNTENY;

AVES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 34547640132     PISSN: 14248581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000103168     Document Type: Article

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