201. Elephant shark genome provides unique insights into gnathostome evolution
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Venkatesh, Byrappa, Lee, Alison P., Ravi, Vydianathan, Maurya, Ashish K., Lian, Michelle M., Swann, Jeremy B., Ohta, Yuko, Flajnik, Martin F., Sutoh, Yoichi, Kasahara, Masanori, Hoon, Shawn, Gangu, Vamshidhar, Roy, Scott W., Irimia, Manuel, Korzh, Vladimir, Kondrychyn, Igor, Lim, Zhi Wei, Tay, Boon-Hui, Tohari, Sumanty, Kong, Kiat Whye, Ho, Shufen, Lorente-Galdos, Belen, Quilez, Javier, Marques-Bonet, Tomas, Raney, Brian J., Ingham, Philip W., Tay, Alice, Hillier, LaDeana W., Minx, Patrick, Boehm, Thomas, Wilson, Richard K., Brenner, Sydney, and Warren, Wesley C.
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Nucleotide sequencing -- Methods ,Immune system -- Genetic aspects ,DNA sequencing -- Methods ,Genomes -- Identification and classification ,Sharks -- Genetic aspects ,Environmental issues ,Science and technology ,Zoology and wildlife conservation - Abstract
The emergence of jawed vertebrates (gnathostomes) from jawless vertebrates was accompanied by major morphological and physiological innovations, such as hinged jaws, paired fins and immunoglobulin-based adaptive immunity. Gnathostomes subsequently diverged [...]
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- 2014
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