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A garter snake transcriptome: pyrosequencing, de novo assembly, and sex-specific differences.
BMC genomics - 7 Dec 2010
Schwartz Tonia S, Tae Hongseok, Yang Youngik, Mockaitis Keithanne, Van Hemert John L, Proulx Stephen R, Choi Jeong-Hyeon, Bronikowski Anne M
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BACKGROUND: The reptiles, characterized by both diversity and unique evolutionary adaptations, provide a comprehensive system for comparative studies of metabolism, physiology, and development. However, molecular resources for ectothermic reptiles are severely limited, hampering our ability to study the genetic basis for many evolutionarily important traits such as metabolic plasticity, extreme longevity,...
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