Maternal-fetal conflict: Rapidly evolving proteins in the rodent placenta

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1221-1225

  Chuong, Edward B ^a   Tong, Wenfei ^b   Hoekstra, Hopi E ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive evolution; Evolutionary conflict; Placenta; Positive selection; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

CALVASCULIN; CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; CATHEPSIN; PLACENTA PROTEIN; PROLACTIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONFLICT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC LINE; GENOMICS; MATURITY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOTHER; MOUSE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MUSACEAE; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PROGENY; PROTEIN INTERACTION; RAT; RODENT; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; SUBSPECIES;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CATHEPSINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY PROTEINS; PROLACTIN; RATS; SELECTION, GENETIC;

MAMMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 77952791174     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msq034     Document Type: Article

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