The αD-globin gene originated via duplication of an embryonic α-like globin gene in the ancestor of tetrapod vertebrates

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1982-1990

  Hoffmann, Federico G ^a   Storz, Jay F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alpha D globin; Gene duplication; Gene family evolution; Hemoglobin; Molecular phylogenetics; Neofunctionalization

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN ALPHA CHAIN; HEMOGLOBIN DELTA CHAIN; GLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN;

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; ARTICLE; CONVERGENT EVOLUTION; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; INTERSPECIFIC RELATIONSHIP; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PREDATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; TANDEM REPEAT; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; VERTEBRATE;

AVES; MAMMALIA; REPTILIA; TETRAPODA; VERTEBRATA;

ANIMALS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE DUPLICATION; GLOBINS; HEMOGLOBINS; MODELS, GENETIC; PHYLOGENY; VERTEBRATES;

EID: 34548427357     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msm127     Document Type: Article

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