Evolutionary origin of bone morphogenetic protein 15 and growth and differentiation factor 9 and differential selective pressure between mono- and polyovulating species

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Monestier, Olivier ^a,b   Servin, Bertrand ^a,b   Auclair, Sylvain ^c,d,e   Bourquard, Thomas ^c,d,e   Poupon, Anne ^c,d,e   Pascal, Géraldine ^a,b   Fabre, Stéphane ^a,b  

^a UMR1388 GenPhySE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^c UMR85 PHYSIOLOGIE DE LA REPRODUCTION ET DES COMPORTEMENTS   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

^e Institut Franc ais du Cheval et de l'Equitation   (France)

Author keywords

BMP15; GDF9; Litter size; Molecular evolution; Ovulation rate; Phylogeny; Selective pressure; Substitution rate; TGF

Indexed keywords

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 15; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 2; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 4; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 5; GASTRIC INHIBITORY POLYPEPTIDE; GROWTH DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR 10; GROWTH DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR 9; HETERODIMER; HOMODIMER; INHIBIN A; INTERLEUKIN 6; MYOSTATIN; OSTEOGENIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIMERIZATION; HUMAN; MONOOVULATION; NONHUMAN; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; OVARY FUNCTION; OVULATION; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PLESIOMORPHY; POLYOVULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ANIMAL; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

MAMMALIA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 15; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC VARIATION; GROWTH DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR 9; OVULATION; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84930463838     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: 15297268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.114.119735     Document Type: Article

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