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

2R and remodeling of vertebrate signal transduction engine

(2011) Lukasz Huminiecki et al.   BMC BIOLOGY

MEGA5: Molecular Evolutionary Genetics Analysis Using Maximum Likelihood, Evolutionary Distance, and Maximum Parsimony Methods

(2011) K. Tamura et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Interaction of Relaxin-Like Gonad-Stimulating Substance with Ovarian Follicle Cells of the StarfishAsterina pectinifera

(2011) Masatoshi Mita et al.   ZOOLOGICAL SCIENCE

Evolution of the Relaxin/Insulin-like Gene Family in Placental Mammals: Implications for Its Early Evolution

(2010) Federico G. Hoffmann et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR EVOLUTION

New Algorithms and Methods to Estimate Maximum-Likelihood Phylogenies: Assessing the Performance of PhyML 3.0

(2010) Stéphane Guindon et al.   SYSTEMATIC BIOLOGY

Gene synteny comparisons between different vertebrates provide new insights into breakage and fusion events during mammalian karyotype evolution

(2009) Claus Kemkemer et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Relaxin gene family in teleosts: phylogeny, syntenic mapping, selective constraint, and expression analysis

(2009) Sara V Good-Avila et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Definition of the G Protein-Coupled Receptor Transmembrane Bundle Binding Pocket and Calculation of Receptor Similarities for Drug Design

(2009) David E. Gloriam et al.   JOURNAL OF MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY

A relaxin-like peptide purified from radial nerves induces oocyte maturation and ovulation in the starfish, Asterina pectinifera

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

Relaxin-3 stimulates the hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axis

(2008) B. M. McGowan et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-ENDOCRINOLOGY AND METABOLISM

Paleogenomics in vertebrates, or the recovery of lost genomes from the mist of time

(2008) Matthieu Muffato et al.   BIOESSAYS

The amphioxus (Branchiostoma floridae) genome contains a highly diversified set of G protein-coupled receptors

(2008) Karl JV Nordström et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Adaptive Evolution of the Insulin Two-Gene System in Mouse

(2008) M.-S. Shiao et al.   GENETICS

Origin of INSL3-mediated testicular descent in therian mammals

(2008) J.-I. Park et al.   GENOME RESEARCH

The amphioxus genome illuminates vertebrate origins and cephalochordate biology

(2008) L. Z. Holland et al.   GENOME RESEARCH

Interacting Gene Clusters and the Evolution of the Vertebrate Immune System

(2008) T. Makino et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Timing of Genome Duplications Relative to the Origin of the Vertebrates: Did Cyclostomes Diverge before or after?

(2008) S. Kuraku et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

The amphioxus genome and the evolution of the chordate karyotype

(2008) Nicholas H. Putnam et al.   NATURE