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Convergent evolution of marine mammals is associated with distinct substitutions in common genes

Phenotypic convergence is thought to be driven by parallel substitutions coupled with natural selection at the sequence level. Multiple independent evolutionary transitions of mammals to an aquatic environment offer an opportunity to test this thesis. Here, whole genome alignment of coding sequences...

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Autores principales: Zhou, Xuming, Seim, Inge, Gladyshev, Vadim N.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4637874/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26549748
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep16550