Evidence for Adaptive Evolution of Olfactory Receptor Genes in 9 Bird Species
It has been suggested that positive selection, in particular selection favoring a change in the protein sequence, plays a role in the evolution of olfactory receptor (OR) gene repertoires in fish and mammals. ORs are 7-transmembrane domain (TM) proteins, members of the G-protein–coupled receptor sup...
Published in: | Journal of Heredity |
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Main Authors: | , , , |
Format: | Text |
Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2009
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Online Access: | http://jhered.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/esp105v1 https://doi.org/10.1093/jhered/esp105 |