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Rapid evolution of a unique family of primate ribonuclease genes.
Nature genetics - 1 Jun 1995
Rosenberg H F, Dyer K D, Tiffany H L, Gonzalez M
Abstract excerpt
We have traced the rapid molecular evolution of eosinophil-derived neurotoxin (EDN) and eosinophil cationic protein (ECP), two host defense proteins that are members of the mammalian ribonuclease gene family. The EDN/ECP gene pair arose from a recent duplication event that occurred after the divergence of New World and Old World monkeys. Since duplication, the genes encoding EDN and ECP have accumulated...
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