Genome-wide scans for candidate genes involved in the aquatic adaptation of dolphins

Genome Biology and Evolution

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 130-139

  Sun, Yan Bo ^a,b   Zhou, Wei Ping ^a,b,c   Liu, He Qun ^a,b,d   Irwin, David M ^a,e,f   Shen, Yong Yi ^a,g   Zhang, Ya Ping ^a,b  

^a KUNMING INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^b YUNNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^g XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Aquatic adaptation; Branch site model; Positive selection; Tursiops truncates

Indexed keywords

ARTIODACTYLA; CETACEA; MAMMALIA; TURSIOPS;

EID: 84876512828     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17596653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evs123     Document Type: Article

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