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Molecular evolution and functional divergence of zebrafish (Danio rerio) cryptochrome genes.
Scientific reports - 29 Jan 2015
Liu Chao, Hu Jia, Qu Chunxiang, Wang Lin, Huang Guodong, Niu Pengfei, Zhong Zhaomin, Hong Fashui, Wang Guanghui, Postlethwait John H, Wang Han
Abstract excerpt
Cryptochromes function in animal circadian regulation. Zebrafish are known to have six cryptochrome (cry) genes but their evolutionary relationships are not yet fully resolved. Here, comparative genomic analyses revealed that a local duplication of ancestral chordate Cry occurred likely before the first round of vertebrate genome duplication (VGD); following two successive rounds of VGD and subsequent gene...
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