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Tracing whale myoglobin evolution by resurrecting ancient proteins

Extant cetaceans, such as sperm whale, acquired the great ability to dive into the ocean depths during the evolution from their terrestrial ancestor that lived about 50 million years ago. Myoglobin (Mb) is highly concentrated in the myocytes of diving animals, in comparison with those of land animal...

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Autores principales: Isogai, Yasuhiro, Imamura, Hiroshi, Nakae, Setsu, Sumi, Tomonari, Takahashi, Ken-ichi, Nakagawa, Taro, Tsuneshige, Antonio, Shirai, Tsuyoshi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6237822/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30442991
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-34984-6