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Gene conversion and evolution of daphniid hemoglobins (Crustacea, cladocera).
Journal of molecular evolution - 1 Dec 1999
Hebert P D, Um Y M, Prokopowich C D, Taylor D J
Abstract excerpt
The extracellular hemoglobins of cladocerans derive from the aggregation of 12 two-domain globin subunits that are apparently encoded by four genes. This study establishes that at least some of these genes occur as a tandem array in both Daphnia magna and Daphnia exilis. The genes share a uniform structure; a bridge intron separates two globin domains which each include three exons and two introns. Introns are...
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