The Apolipoprotein E (APOE) Gene Appears Functionally Monomorphic in Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes)

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  McIntosh, Annick M ^a   Bennett, Calvin ^a   Dickson, Dara ^a   Anestis, Stephanie F ^a   Watts, David P ^a   Webster, Timothy H ^a   Fontenot, M Babette ^b   Bradley, Brenda J ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E;

ARTICLE; CHIMPANZEE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL HOMININ; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; INTRON; NONHUMAN; PAN TROGLODYTES; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SAMPLE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; SUBSPECIES; SUBSPECIFIC VARIATION;

ANIMALS; APOLIPOPROTEINS E; GENETIC VARIATION; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; MUTATION; PAN TROGLODYTES; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

PAN; PAN PANISCUS; PAN TROGLODYTES;

EID: 84868102410     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0047760     Document Type: Article

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