Comparative evolutionary histories of kisspeptins and kisspeptin receptors in vertebrates reveal both parallel and divergent features

Frontiers in Endocrinology

Volumn 3, Issue DEC, 2012, Pages

  Pasquier, Jérémy ^a   Lafont, Anne Gaëlle ^a   Tostivint, Hervé ^b   Vaudry, Hubert ^c   Rousseau, Karine ^a   Dufour, Sylvie ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^b MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE ROUEN   (France)

Author keywords

Coelacanth; European eel; Evolutionary history; Kisspeptin; Kisspeptin receptor; Phylogeny; Spotted gar; Synteny

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874382571     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16642392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2012.00173     Document Type: Article

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