Evolution of the gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) gene family in relation to vertebrate tetraploidizations

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 170, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 575-581

  Tostivint, Hervé ^a  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Evolution; Gene duplication; Gonadotropin releasing hormone; Multigenic family; Tetraploidization; Vertebrates

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN; GONADORELIN 1; GONADORELIN 2; GONADORELIN 3; GONADORELIN 4; ISOPROTEIN; NEUROPEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BRANCHIOSTOMA; CHROMOSOME; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOLUTION; FISH; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENOME; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; PARALOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; TELEOST; TETRAPLOIDY; VERTEBRATE;

EID: 78651425780     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2010.11.017     Document Type: Article

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