Evolutionary analysis of the transferrin gene in Antarctic Notothenioidei: A history of adaptive evolution and functional divergence

Marine Genomics

Volumn 1, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 95-101

  Trinchella, Francesca ^a   Parisi, Elio ^b   Scudiero, Rosaria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE OF PROTEIN BIOCHEMISTRY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antarctic fish; Evolutionary rate; Functional branch length; Iron metabolism; Positive selection; Tertiary structure

Indexed keywords

MAMMALIA; NOTOTHENIOIDEI; PERCIFORMES;

EID: 63049095022     PISSN: 18747787     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margen.2008.10.002     Document Type: Article

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