Evidence of Positive Selection of Aquaporins Genes from Pontoporia blainvillei during the Evolutionary Process of Cetaceans

BACKGROUND: Marine mammals are well adapted to their hyperosmotic environment. Several morphological and physiological adaptations for water conservation and salt excretion are known to be present in cetaceans, being responsible for regulating salt balance. However, most previous studies have focuse...

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Autores principales: São Pedro, Simone Lima, Alves, João Marcelo Pereira, Barreto, André Silva, Lima, André Oliveira de Souza
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2015
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4520692/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26226365
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0134516

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4520692/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26226365
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0134516

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