Molecular evolution of the ligands of the insulin-signaling pathway: Dilp genes in the genus drosophila

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1557-1560

  Guirao Rico, Sara ^a   Aguadé, Montserrat ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Drosophila; gene duplication; insulin; natural selection

Indexed keywords

DROSOPHILA INSULIN LIKE PEPTIDE; DROSOPHILA INSULIN LIKE PEPTIDE 1; DROSOPHILA INSULIN LIKE PEPTIDE 2; DROSOPHILA INSULIN LIKE PEPTIDE 3; DROSOPHILA INSULIN LIKE PEPTIDE 4; DROSOPHILA INSULIN LIKE PEPTIDE 5; DROSOPHILA INSULIN LIKE PEPTIDE 6; DROSOPHILA INSULIN LIKE PEPTIDE 7; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; CODON; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA GRIMSHAWI; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PARALOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; DROSOPHILA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENES, INSECT; LIGANDS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; PHYLOGENY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOMATOMEDINS;

DROSOPHILA GRIMSHAWI; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MAMMALIA; SOPHOPHORA;

EID: 79955365933     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msq353     Document Type: Article

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