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The evolution of vertebrate somatostatin receptors and their gene regions involves extensive chromosomal rearrangements

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Evolutionary crossroads in developmental biology: cyclostomes (lamprey and hagfish)

(2012) S. M. Shimeld et al.   DEVELOPMENT

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

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Opsins in Onychophora (Velvet Worms) Suggest a Single Origin and Subsequent Diversification of Visual Pigments in Arthropods

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Molecular ecology and adaptation of visual photopigments in craniates

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Evolution of the Vertebrate Paralemmin Gene Family: Ancient Origin of Gene Duplicates Suggests Distinct Functions

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Vertebrate Ancient-Long Opsin Has Molecular Properties Intermediate between Those of Vertebrate and Invertebrate Visual Pigments

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Shared and Unique G Alpha Proteins in the Zebrafish Versus Mammalian Senses of Taste and Smell

(2011) Yuichiro Oka et al.   CHEMICAL SENSES

Evolution of the Insulin-Like Growth Factor Binding Protein (IGFBP) Family

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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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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

Regulation of Synaptic Vesicle Budding and Dynamin Function by an EHD ATPase

(2011) J. Jakobsson et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Opsin gene duplication and divergence in ray-finned fish

(2011) Diana J. Rennison et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

The genome of the green anole lizard and a comparative analysis with birds and mammals

(2011) Jessica Alföldi et al.   NATURE

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A novel rhodopsin-like gene expressed in zebrafish retina

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Evolution and Ecology of Retinal Photoreception in Early Vertebrates

(2010) Shaun P. Collin   BRAIN BEHAVIOR AND EVOLUTION

Mutually exclusive expression of Gαia and Gα14 reveals diversification of taste receptor cells in zebrafish

(2010) Makoto Ohmoto et al.   JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE NEUROLOGY

Differential Evolution of Voltage-Gated Sodium Channels in Tetrapods and Teleost Fishes

(2010) J. Widmark et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Vertebrate ancient opsin and melanopsin: divergent irradiance detectors

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Concomitant Duplications of Opioid Peptide and Receptor Genes before the Origin of Jawed Vertebrates

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microRNAs reveal the interrelationships of hagfish, lampreys, and gnathostomes and the nature of the ancestral vertebrate

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

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Early vertebrate chromosome duplications and the evolution of the neuropeptide Y receptor gene regions

(2008) Tomas A Larsson et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Neuropeptide Y-family peptides and receptors in the elephant shark, Callorhinchus milii confirm gene duplications before the gnathostome radiation

(2008) Tomas A. Larsson et al.   GENOMICS

The amphioxus genome and the evolution of the chordate karyotype

(2008) Nicholas H. Putnam et al.   NATURE

Evolution of vertebrate opioid receptors

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Evolution of the neuropeptide Y family: New genes by chromosome duplications in early vertebrates and in teleost fishes

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