Gene loss in keratinization programs accompanies adaptation of cetacean skin to aquatic lifestyle

Comparative genomics reveals conservation of filaggrin and loss of caspase-14 in dolphins

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Increased rate of hair keratin gene loss in the cetacean lineage

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Mammalian keratin associated proteins (KRTAPs) subgenomes: disentangling hair diversity and adaptation to terrestrial and aquatic environments

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Deadly hairs, lethal feathers - convergent evolution of poisonous integument in mammals and birds

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Molecular evolution tracks macroevolutionary transitions in Cetacea

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Minke whale genome and aquatic adaptation in cetaceans

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Murine filaggrin-2 is involved in epithelial barrier function and down-regulated in metabolically induced skin barrier dysfunction

(2012) Britta Hansmann et al.   EXPERIMENTAL DERMATOLOGY

The human epidermal differentiation complex: cornified envelope precursors, S100 proteins and the ‘fused genes’ family

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Electroreception in the Guiana dolphin (Sotalia guianensis)

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Calcification provides mechanical reinforcement to whale baleen  -keratin

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A homozygous frameshift mutation in the mouse Flg gene facilitates enhanced percutaneous allergen priming

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Morphological and Molecular Evidence for a Stepwise Evolutionary Transition from Teeth to Baleen in Mysticete Whales

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