The mammalian alphaD-globin gene lineage and a new model for the molecular evolution of alpha-globin gene clusters at the stem of the mammalian radiation
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2006
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Cooper, Steven
Wheeler, D
De Leo, Alison A
Cheng, Jan-Fang
Holland, Robert A B
Graves, Jennifer
Hope, R
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Academic Press
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We have explored the evolution of the α-globin gene family by comparative sequence and phylogenetic analyses of mammalian α-globin genes. Our analyses reveal the existence of a new α-globin gene lineage in mammals that is related to the αD-globin gene
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Keywords: Amniota; Aves; Canis familiaris; Didelphimorphia; Eutheria; Mammalia; Metatheria; Sminthopsis macroura; Squamata; Sus scrofa; Testudines; globin; animal; article; classification; genetics; human; marsupial; molecular evolution; molecular genetics; multige Alpha-globin; AlphaD-globin; Globin gene evolution; Human mu-chain globin; Marsupial; PAML
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Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
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