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The major adult alpha-globin gene of antarctic teleosts and its remnants in the hemoglobinless icefishes. Calibration of the mutational clock for nuclear genes.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 12 Jun 1998
Zhao Y, Ratnayake-Lecamwasam M, Parker S K, Cocca E, Camardella L, di Prisco G, Detrich H W
Abstract excerpt
The icefishes of the Southern Ocean (family Channichthyidae, suborder Notothenioidei) are unique among vertebrates in their inability to synthesize hemoglobin. We have shown previously (Cocca, E., Ratnayake-Lecamwasam, M., Parker, S. K., Camardella, L., Ciaramella, M., di Prisco, G., and Detrich, H. W., III (1995) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A. 92, 1817-1821) that icefishes retain inactive genomic remnants of...
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