Origin and ascendancy of a chimeric fusion gene: The β/δ-globin gene of paenungulate mammals

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1469-1478

  Opazo, Juan C ^a,b   Sloan, Angela M ^c   Campbell, Kevin L ^c   Storz, Jay F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chimeric fusion gene; Gene duplication; Gene family evolution; Globin genes; Hemoglobin; Nonallelic homologous recombination

Indexed keywords

BETA GLOBIN; DELTA GLOBIN;

ARTICLE; CHIMERA; DELETION MUTANT; ELEPHANT; EVOLUTION; FUSION GENE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; HUMAN; HYRAX; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; SIRENIA;

ANIMALS; BETA-GLOBINS; CROSSING OVER, GENETIC; DELTA-GLOBINS; ELEPHANTS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE FUSION; MAMMALS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY;

AFROTHERIA; ELEPHANTIDAE; EUTHERIA; HYRACOIDEA; LOXODONTA; LOXODONTA AFRICANA; MAMMALIA; PAENUNGULATA; PROBOSCIDEA (MAMMAL); PROCAVIIDAE; SIRENIA; TRICHECHIDAE;

EID: 67649308436     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msp064     Document Type: Article

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