Relic of ancient recombinations in gibbon ABO blood group genes deciphered through phylogenetic network analysis

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 465-471

  Kitano, Takashi ^a   Noda, Reiko ^a   Takenaka, Osamu ^b   Saitou, Naruya ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENETICS   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

ABO blood group; Phylogenetic network; Positive selection; Recombination; Transspecific polymorphism

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD GROUP ABO SYSTEM; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETICS; HAPLORHINI; HAPLOTYPE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ABO BLOOD-GROUP SYSTEM; ALLELES; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HAPLOTYPES; HYLOBATES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

HYLOBATES AGILIS; HYLOBATES LAR; HYLOBATIDAE; PRIMATES; SYMPHALANGUS SYNDACTYLUS;

EID: 67349274175     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: 10959513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2009.02.023     Document Type: Article

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