Article
Evolution of base composition in the insulin and insulin-like growth factor genes.
Molecular biology and evolution - 1 Nov 1994
Ellsworth D L, Hewett-Emmett D, Li W H
Abstract excerpt
The genomes of homeothermic (warm-blooded) vertebrates are mosaic interspersions of homogeneously GC-rich and GC-poor regions (isochores). Evolution of genome compartmentalization and GC-rich isochores is hypothesized to reflect either selective advantages of an elevated GC content or chromosome...
Topics
- Animals
- Base Composition
- Base Sequence
- Biological Evolution
- Genetic Variation
- Humans
- Insulin
- Insulin-Like Growth Factor I
- Insulin-Like Growth Factor II
- Introns
- Mammals
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Multigene Family
- Phylogeny
- Relaxin
- Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid
- Restriction Mapping
- Vertebrates