INSL4 pseudogenes help define the relaxin family repertoire in the common ancestor of placental mammals

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 75, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 73-78

  Arroyo, José Ignacio ^a   Hoffmann, Federico G ^b,c   Good, Sara ^d   Opazo, Juan C ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WINNIPEG   (Canada)

Author keywords

Differential retention; Gene duplication; Gene family evolution; INSL4; Mammals; Placentin

Indexed keywords

RELAXIN; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; GENETICS; MAMMAL; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY; PSEUDOGENE; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETIC SPECIATION; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MAMMALS; MODELS, GENETIC; PHYLOGENY; PSEUDOGENES; RELAXIN;

ARMADILLO; EUTHERIA; LAMA PACOS; LAURASIATHERIA; MAMMALIA; PRIMATES; XENARTHRA;

EID: 84868574735     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00239-012-9517-0     Document Type: Article

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