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Lampreys, the jawless vertebrates, contain only two ParaHox gene clusters

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Global map of oxytocin/vasopressin-like neuropeptide signalling in insects

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Prevertebrate Local Gene Duplication Facilitated Expansion of the Neuropeptide GPCR Superfamily

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Elephant shark genome provides unique insights into gnathostome evolution

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Three crocodilian genomes reveal ancestral patterns of evolution among archosaurs

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Evolution of oxytocin pathways in the brain of vertebrates

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The vertebrate ancestral repertoire of visual opsins, transducin alpha subunits and oxytocin/vasopressin receptors was established by duplication of their shared genomic region in the two rounds of early vertebrate genome duplications

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

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The fifth neurohypophysial hormone receptor is structurally related to the V2-type receptor but functionally similar to V1-type receptors

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Oxytocin/Vasopressin-Related Peptides Have an Ancient Role in Reproductive Behavior

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The oxytocin/vasopressin receptor family has at least five members in the gnathostome lineage, inclucing two distinct V2 subtypes

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Characterization of a novel vasopressin/oxytocin superfamily peptide and its receptor from an ascidian, Ciona intestinalis

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How to usefully compare homologous plant genes and chromosomes as DNA sequences

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