Evidence of convergent evolution in humans and macaques supports an adaptive role for copy number variation of the β-defensin-2 gene

Genome Biology and Evolution

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 3025-3038

  Ottolini, Barbara ^a   Hornsby, Michael J ^b   Abujaber, Razan ^a   MacArthur, Jacqueline A L ^c,e   Badge, Richard M ^a   Schwarzacher, Trude ^a   Albertson, Donna G ^c,f   Bevins, Charles L ^b   Solnick, Jay V ^b,d   Hollox, Edward J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^f NEW YORK UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

Copy number variation; Defensin; Evolution; Genome structure; Macaque

Indexed keywords

BETA DEFENSIN;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; COPY NUMBER VARIATION; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; HUMAN; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MUTATION; RHESUS MONKEY;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BETA-DEFENSINS; DNA COPY NUMBER VARIATIONS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HUMANS; MACACA MULATTA; MUTATION; SELECTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84926673139     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17596653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evu236     Document Type: Article

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