Molecular evolution of cytochrome c oxidase underlies high-altitude adaptation in the bar-headed goose

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 351-363

  Scott, Graham R ^a,c   Schulte, Patricia M ^a   Egginton, Stuart ^b   Scott, Angela L M ^a   Richards, Jeffrey G ^a   Milsom, William K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

avian; birds; exercise performance; phylogenetically independent contrasts; protein homology modeling

Indexed keywords

3 HYDROXYACYL COENZYME A DEHYDROGENASE; CARNITINE PALMITOYLTRANSFERASE; CITRATE SYNTHASE; CYCLOOXYGENASE 3; CYCLOOXYGENASE 4; CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; MESSENGER RNA; MYOGLOBIN; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHASE; PYRUVATE KINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALTITUDE ACCLIMATIZATION; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAPILLARY DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME KINETICS; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GOOSE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART MUSCLE METABOLISM; HYPOXIA; LUNG; MITOCHONDRIAL ENERGY TRANSFER; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORGAN SIZE; OXIDATIVE PHOSPHORYLATION; OXYGEN DIFFUSION; OXYGEN TRANSPORT; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REDUCTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ALTITUDE; ANIMALS; ANOXIA; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CORONARY VESSELS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX IV; ENERGY METABOLISM; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; GEESE; ISOENZYMES; MITOCHONDRIA; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MYOCARDIUM; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN SUBUNITS;

ANSER; ANSER INDICUS; AVES; BRANTA LEUCOPSIS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 78650426170     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msq205     Document Type: Article

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