Comparative genomics analyses of alpha-keratins reveal insights into evolutionary adaptation of marine mammals

BACKGROUND: Diversity of hair in marine mammals was suggested as an evolutionary innovation to adapt aquatic environment, yet its genetic basis remained poorly explored. We scanned α-keratin genes, one major structural components of hair, in 16 genomes of mammalian species, including seven cetaceans...

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Autores principales: Sun, Xiaohui, Zhang, Zepeng, Sun, Yingying, Li, Jing, Xu, Shixia, Yang, Guang
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5540548/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28785294
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12983-017-0225-x

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