Prevertebrate Local Gene Duplication Facilitated Expansion of the Neuropeptide GPCR Superfamily

Coevolution of the Spexin/Galanin/Kisspeptin Family: Spexin Activates Galanin Receptor Type II and III

(2014) Dong-Kyu Kim et al.   ENDOCRINOLOGY

The Transcriptome of an Amphioxus, Asymmetron lucayanum, from the Bahamas: A Window into Chordate Evolution

(2014) Jia-Xing Yue et al.   Genome Biology and Evolution

MOLECULAR EVOLUTION OF GPCRS: GLP1/GLP1 receptors

(2014) Jong-Ik Hwang et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR ENDOCRINOLOGY

MOLECULAR EVOLUTION OF GPCRS: Somatostatin/urotensin II receptors

(2014) Hervé Tostivint et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR ENDOCRINOLOGY

Elephant shark genome provides unique insights into gnathostome evolution

(2014) Byrappa Venkatesh et al.   NATURE

Ensembl 2015

(2014) Fiona Cunningham et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Local Duplication of Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone (GnRH) Receptor before Two Rounds of Whole Genome Duplication and Origin of the Mammalian GnRH Receptor

(2014) Fatemeh Ameri Sefideh et al.   PLoS One

Review: evolution of GnIH and related peptides structure and function in the chordates

(2014) Tomohiro Osugi et al.   Frontiers in Neuroscience

The Evolution and Variety of RFamide-Type Neuropeptides: Insights from Deuterostomian Invertebrates

(2014) Maurice R. Elphick et al.   Frontiers in Endocrinology

Genome Duplication in Early Vertebrates: Insights from Agnathan Cytogenetics

(2013) V. Caputo Barucchi et al.   CYTOGENETIC AND GENOME RESEARCH

Complex structural and regulatory evolution of the pro-opiomelanocortin gene family

(2013) Rayna M. Harris et al.   GENERAL AND COMPARATIVE ENDOCRINOLOGY

Expansion of Secretin-Like G Protein-Coupled Receptors and Their Peptide Ligands via Local Duplications Before and After Two Rounds of Whole-Genome Duplication

(2013) Jong-Ik Hwang et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

At the Transition from Invertebrates to Vertebrates, a Novel GnRH-Like Peptide Emerges in Amphioxus

(2013) Graeme J. Roch et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

MEGA6: Molecular Evolutionary Genetics Analysis Version 6.0

(2013) Koichiro Tamura et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

A Novel Glucagon-Related Peptide (GCRP) and Its Receptor GCRPR Account for Coevolution of Their Family Members in Vertebrates

(2013) Cho Rong Park et al.   PLoS One

Natalisin, a tachykinin-like signaling system, regulates sexual activity and fecundity in insects

(2013) H. Jiang et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Evidence for at least six Hox clusters in the Japanese lamprey (Lethenteron japonicum)

(2013) T. K. Mehta et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Molecular evolution of peptidergic signaling systems in bilaterians

(2013) O. Mirabeau et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Neofunctionalization of young duplicate genes in Drosophila

(2013) R. Assis et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The Origin of GPCRs: Identification of Mammalian like Rhodopsin, Adhesion, Glutamate and Frizzled GPCRs in Fungi

(2012) Arunkumar Krishnan et al.   PLoS One

Using Paleogenomics to Study the Evolution of Gene Families: Origin and Duplication History of the Relaxin Family Hormones and Their Receptors

(2012) Sergey Yegorov et al.   PLoS One

Genome Evolution and Meiotic Maps by Massively Parallel DNA Sequencing: Spotted Gar, an Outgroup for the Teleost Genome Duplication

(2011) Angel Amores et al.   GENETICS

Independent HHsearch, Needleman-Wunsch-Based, and Motif Analyses Reveal the Overall Hierarchy for Most of the G Protein-Coupled Receptor Families

(2011) K. J. V. Nordstrom et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

The serendipitous origin of chordate secretin peptide family members

(2010) João CR Cardoso et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

The evolution of somatostatin in vertebrates

(2010) Yun Liu et al.   GENE

Complete HOX cluster characterization of the coelacanth provides further evidence for slow evolution of its genome

(2010) Chris T. Amemiya et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Molecular Evolution of Multiple Forms of Kisspeptins and GPR54 Receptors in Vertebrates

(2009) Yeo Reum Lee et al.   ENDOCRINOLOGY

Circos: An information aesthetic for comparative genomics

(2009) M. Krzywinski et al.   GENOME RESEARCH

Adipokinetic hormone signaling through the gonadotropin-releasing hormone receptor modulates egg-laying in Caenorhabditis elegans

(2009) M. Lindemans et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Characterization of chromosome structures of Falconinae (Falconidae, Falconiformes, Aves) by chromosome painting and delineation of chromosome rearrangements during their differentiation

(2008) Chizuko Nishida et al.   CHROMOSOME RESEARCH

The Secretin GPCRs Descended from the Family of Adhesion GPCRs

(2008) K. J. V. Nordstrom et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

The amphioxus genome and the evolution of the chordate karyotype

(2008) Nicholas H. Putnam et al.   NATURE