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Variable evolutionary rates in the molecular evolution of mammalian growth hormones.

Journal of molecular evolution - 1 Jun 1994

Wallis M

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In mammals pituitary growth hormone (GH) shows a slow basal rate of evolution (0.22 +/- 0.03 x 10(-9) substitutions/amino acid site/year) which appears to have increased by at least 25-50-fold on two occasions, during the evolution of primates (to at least 10.8 +/- 1.3 x 10(-9) substitutions/amin...

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Adaptation, Physiological
Amino Acid Sequence
Animals
Base Sequence
Biological Evolution
Growth Hormone
Mammals
Molecular Sequence Data
Mutation
Phylogeny
Primates
Rodentia
Ruminants

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PMID: 8083887
DOI: 10.1007/BF00175882

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