The Opossum genome reveals further evidence for regulatory evolution in mammalian diversification

Genome Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2007, Pages

  Lemos, Bernardo ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC REGULATION; HETEROCHROMATIN; HUMAN; LACTATION; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MAMMALIAN GENETICS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; OPOSSUM; PHENOTYPE; PLACENTA DEVELOPMENT; PREGNANCY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SHORT SURVEY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; X CHROMOSOME; ANIMAL; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOME; REVIEW; UNTRANSLATED REGION;

DIDELPHIDAE; MAMMALIA; METATHERIA; MONODELPHIS DOMESTICA;

ANIMALS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENOME; MONODELPHIS; UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 39749126987     PISSN: 14747596     EISSN: 1474760X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/gb-2007-8-8-223     Document Type: Short Survey

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