Human pseudogenes of the ABO family show a complex evolutionary dynamics and loss of function

Glycobiology

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 583-591

  Casals, Ferran ^a,f   Ferrer Admetlla, Anna ^a   Sikora, Martin ^a   Ramírez Soriano, Anna ^a   Marquès Bonet, Tomàs ^a,b   Despiau, Stéphanie ^c   Roubinet, Francis ^d   Calafell, Francesc ^a,e   Bertranpetit, Jaume ^a,e   Blancher, Antoine ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY CSIC UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

^d ETABLISSEMENT FRANÇAIS DU SANG   (France)

^e CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^f UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

ABO blood group; Glycosyltransferase; GT6 gene family; Natural selection; Pseudogene

Indexed keywords

GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; BLOOD GROUP ABO SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUROPE; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; INTERSPECIFIC RELATIONSHIP; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NATURAL SELECTION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOGENE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ABO BLOOD-GROUP SYSTEM; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETIC VARIATION; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASES; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; PSEUDOGENES;

MAMMALIA; PRIMATES;

EID: 65849368636     PISSN: 09596658     EISSN: 14602423     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/glycob/cwp017     Document Type: Article

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