Polar bears exhibit genome-wide signatures of bioenergetic adaptation to life in the arctic environment

Genome Biology and Evolution

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 433-450

  Welch, Andreanna J ^a,d,e   Bedoya Reina, Oscar C ^b   Carretero Paulet, Lorenzo ^a   Miller, Webb ^b   Rode, Karyn D ^c   Lindqvist, Charlotte ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^d DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cellular respiration; Mitochondrial genome; Nitric oxide; Nuclear genome; Oxidative phosphorylation

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE; PROTEIN;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARCTIC; BEAR; CLASSIFICATION; ENERGY METABOLISM; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; GENOME; METABOLISM; PHYLOGENY;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; ARCTIC REGIONS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; ENERGY METABOLISM; GENOME; NITRIC OXIDE; PHYLOGENY; PROTEINS; URSIDAE;

EID: 84902984154     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17596653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evu025     Document Type: Article

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