Positive selection at the ASPM gene coincides with brain size enlargements in cetaceans

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 279, Issue 1746, 2012, Pages 4433-4440

  Xu, Shixia ^a   Chen, Yuan ^a   Cheng, Yuefeng ^a   Yang, Dan ^a   Zhou, Xuming ^a   Xu, Junxiao ^a   Zhou, Kaiya ^a   Yang, Guang ^a  

^a NANJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

ASPM; Brain size enlargement; Cetaceans; Positive selection

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BRAIN; CONVERGENT EVOLUTION; DOLPHIN; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MUTATION; WHALE;

CETACEA; MAMMALIA; ODONTOCETI; PRIMATES; SKENEA;

EID: 84866839497     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2012.1729     Document Type: Article

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