Phylogeny and adaptive evolution of the brain-development gene microcephalin (MCPH1) in cetaceans

BMC Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  McGowen, Michael R ^a,b   Montgomery, Stephen H ^c   Clark, Clay ^a   Gatesy, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BIOLOGICAL SURVEY; BRAIN; CETACEAN; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; NATURAL SELECTION; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PRIMATE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ANIMALIA; CETACEA; MAMMALIA; PRIMATES; TURSIOPS; TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS;

MCPH1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; NERVE PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CETACEA; CLASSIFICATION; EVOLUTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; ORGAN SIZE; PHYLOGENY; PRIMATE;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BRAIN; CETACEA; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; ORGAN SIZE; PHYLOGENY; PRIMATES;

EID: 79953908374     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-11-98     Document Type: Article

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