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Functional Evolution of Leptin of Ochotona curzoniae in Adaptive Thermogenesis Driven by Cold Environmental Stress

BACKGROUND: Environmental stress can accelerate the directional selection and evolutionary rate of specific stress-response proteins to bring about new or altered functions, enhancing an organism's fitness to challenging environments. Plateau pika (Ochotona curzoniae), an endemic and keystone s...

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Autores principales: Yang, Jie, Bromage, Timothy G., Zhao, Qian, Xu, Bao Hong, Gao, Wei Li, Tian, Hui Fang, Tang, Hui Jun, Liu, Dian Wu, Zhao, Xin Quan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3116822/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21698227
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0019833