Natural selection and the genetic basis of osmoregulation in heteromyid rodents as revealed by RNA-seq

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 2699-2711

  Marra, Nicholas J ^a   Romero, Andrea ^b   Dewoody, J Andrew ^a,c  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

desert rodent; differential expression; kangaroo rat; kidney; transcriptomics

Indexed keywords

CHAETODIPUS BAILEYI; DIPODOMYS; DIPODOMYS SPECTABILIS; HETEROMYIDAE; HETEROMYS DESMARESTIANUS; MUS MUSCULUS; RODENTIA;

TRANSCRIPTOME;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DESERT CLIMATE; DESERT RODENT; DIFFERENTIAL EXPRESSION; DIPODOMYS; FEMALE; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; KIDNEY; MALE; OSMOREGULATION; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; RODENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TRANSCRIPTOMICS;

DESERT RODENT; DIFFERENTIAL EXPRESSION; KANGAROO RAT; KIDNEY; TRANSCRIPTOMICS;

ANIMALS; DESERT CLIMATE; DIPODOMYS; FEMALE; MALE; OSMOREGULATION; PHYLOGENY; RODENTIA; SELECTION, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, RNA; TRANSCRIPTOME;

EID: 84901501177     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mec.12764     Document Type: Article

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