Pattern of nucleotide substitutions in growth hormone-prolactin gene family: a paradigm for evolution by gene duplication.

doi:10.1093/genetics/134.4.1271

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Pattern of nucleotide substitutions in growth hormone-prolactin gene family: a paradigm for evolution by gene duplication.

Genetics - 1 Aug 1993

Ohta T

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The growth hormone-prolactin gene family in mammals is an interesting example of evolution by gene duplication. Divergence among members of duplicated gene families and among species was examined by using reported gene sequences of growth hormone, prolactin and their receptors. Sequence divergenc...

Topics

Amino Acid Sequence
Animals
Biological Evolution
Genetic Variation
Growth Hormone
Humans
Models, Genetic
Molecular Sequence Data
Multigene Family
Prolactin

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