Divergent positive selection in rhodopsin from lake and riverine cichlid fishes

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1149-1165

  Schott, Ryan K ^a   Refvik, Shannon P ^a   Hauser, Frances E ^a   López Fernández, Hernan ^a,b   Chang, Belinda S W ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Codon substitution model; Dn dS, clade model; Evolution of protein structure and function; Evolution of vision; Neotropical cichlids; Visual pigment

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; RHODOPSIN; VISUAL PIGMENT;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; BIOGEOGRAPHY; CICHLID; CLADISTICS; CODON; DIMERIZATION; ECOLOGY; GENE SEQUENCE; LAKE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NEOTROPICS; NONHUMAN; VISUAL SYSTEM;

CLADE MODEL; CODON SUBSTITUTION MODEL; DN/DS; EVOLUTION OF PROTEIN STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION; EVOLUTION OF VISION; NEOTROPICAL CICHLIDS; VISUAL PIGMENT;

AFRICA; ANIMALS; CICHLIDS; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FISH PROTEINS; GENETIC SPECIATION; LAKES; MODELS, GENETIC; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; RHODOPSIN; RIVERS; SELECTION, GENETIC; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 84899519783     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msu064     Document Type: Article

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