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Increased rate of hair keratin gene loss in the cetacean lineage
BACKGROUND: Hair represents an evolutionary innovation that appeared early on mammalian evolutionary history, and presumably contributed significantly to the rapid radiation of the group. An interesting event in hair evolution has been its secondary loss in some mammalian groups, such as cetaceans,...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2014
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4195889/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25287022 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2164-15-869 |