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Molecular and evolutionary characterization of the GnRH-II gene in the chicken: distinctive genomic organization, expression pattern, and precursor sequence.
Gene - 1 Mar 2006
Ikemoto Tadahiro, Park Min Kyun
Abstract excerpt
Of all the structural variants of GnRH (gonadotropin-releasing hormone), GnRH-II has been found to be universally present in and uniquely conserved among jawed vertebrates without any sequence substitutions. Our previous study found that the GnRH-II precursor sequences have become divergent in the lineage of eutherian mammals, based on a comparison between reptilian and mammalian GnRH-II. To elucidate the...
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