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Evolution of the CLOCK and BMAL1 genes in a subterranean rodent species (Lasiopodomys mandarinus).
International journal of biological macromolecules - 1 Apr 2018
Sun Hong, Zhang Yifeng, Shi Yuhua, Li Yangwei, Li Wei, Wang Zhenlong
Abstract excerpt
Lasiopodomys mandarinus, a subterranean rodent, spends its entire life underground. To test whether the CLOCK and BMAL1 genes of L. mandarinus have undergone adaptive evolution to underground darkness, we cloned and analyzed their complete cDNA sequences, using Lasiopodomys brandtii as a control. The phylogenetic trees of the CLOCK and BMAL1 genes were similar to the trees of the conserved Cyt b gene,further, L....
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