Feather Development Genes and Associated Regulatory Innovation Predate the Origin of Dinosauria

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 23-28

  Lowe, Craig B ^a   Clarke, Julia A ^b   Baker, Allan J ^c,d   Haussler, David ^e   Edwards, Scott V ^f  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e University of California Santa Cruz   (United States)

^f HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Body size; Comparative genomics; Dinosaur; Enhancer; Gene regulation; Integument

Indexed keywords

SOMATOMEDIN BINDING PROTEIN 2; SOMATOMEDIN BINDING PROTEIN 5; KERATIN;

AMNIOTE; ARCHOSAUR; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; DINOSAUR; EVOLUTION; FEATHER; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOME; NONHUMAN; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; BIRD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENETICS; GENOMICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MUTATION RATE; PHYLOGENY; PROCEDURES; REGULATORY SEQUENCE;

AMNIOTA; AVES; DINOSAURIA;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BIRDS; BODY SIZE; DINOSAURS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FEATHERS; GENOMICS; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR BINDING PROTEIN 2; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR BINDING PROTEIN 5; KERATINS; MUTATION RATE; PHYLOGENY; REGULATORY ELEMENTS, TRANSCRIPTIONAL;

EID: 84922353105     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msu309     Document Type: Article

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