Repeated evolution of chimeric fusion genes in the β-globin gene family of laurasiatherian mammals

Genome Biology and Evolution

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1219-1233

  Gaudry, Michael J ^a   Storz, Jay F ^b   Butts, Gary Tyler ^c   Campbell, Kevin L ^a   Hoffmann, Federico G ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA   (United States)

^c MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Concerted evolution; Gene conversion; Gene duplication; Gene family evolution; Hemoglobin; Laurasiatheria; globin

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN BETA CHAIN;

ANIMAL; BAT; GENE CONVERSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUSION; GENETICS; HUMAN; MAMMAL; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYLOGENY;

ANIMALS; BETA-GLOBINS; CHIROPTERA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE CONVERSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE FUSION; HUMANS; MAMMALS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 84902962369     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17596653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evu097     Document Type: Article

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