The salmonid myostatin gene family: a novel model for investigating mechanisms that influence duplicate gene fate
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Most fishes possess two paralogs for myostatin, a muscle growth inhibitor, while salmonids are presumed to have four: <it>mstn1a, mstn1b, mstn2a</it> and <it>mstn2b</it>, a pseudogene. The mechanisms responsib...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2012-10-01
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| Series: | BMC Evolutionary Biology |
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| Online Access: | http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2148/12/202 |