More functional V1R genes occur in nest-living and nocturnal terricolous mammals

Genome Biology and Evolution

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 277-283

  Wang, Guodong ^a   Shi, Peng ^a   Zhu, Zhouhai ^b   Zhang, Ya Ping ^a,b  

^a KUNMING INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^b YUNNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Adaptive selection; Rhythm activity; Spatial activity; V1R repertoire

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; MAMMAL; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MULTIGENE FAMILY; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VOMERONASAL ORGAN;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; MAMMALS; MODELS, GENETIC; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYLOGENY; RECEPTORS, ODORANT; SELECTION, GENETIC; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VOMERONASAL ORGAN;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 77958481546     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17596653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evq020     Document Type: Article

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