PUBLICATION

Evolution of the growth hormone-prolactin-somatolactin system in relation to vertebrate tetraploidizations

Authors
Ocampo Daza, D., Sundström, G., Larsson, T.A., and Larhammar, D.
ID
ZDB-PUB-091016-3
Date
2009
Source
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences   1163: 491-493 (Journal)
Registered Authors
Larhammar, Dan, Larsson, Tomas A., Sundström, Görel
Keywords
growth hormone, growth hormone receptor, prolactin, prolactin receptor, somatolactin, somatolactin receptor, gene duplication, tetraploidization
MeSH Terms
  • Animals
  • Chromosomes/genetics
  • Evolution, Molecular*
  • Humans
  • Phylogeny*
  • Pituitary Hormones/classification*
  • Pituitary Hormones/genetics*
  • Ploidies*
  • Vertebrates/classification*
  • Vertebrates/genetics*
PubMed
19456396 Full text @ Ann N Y Acad Sci
Abstract
Gene sequences from several species representing major vertebrate groups were used to create phylogenetic trees for the growth hormone family of peptide hormones as well as the growth hormone receptor family. These analyses show that both the peptide and receptor families were formed through local duplications in early vertebrate evolution and chromosome duplications.
Genes / Markers
Figures
Expression
Phenotype
Mutations / Transgenics
Human Disease / Model
Sequence Targeting Reagents
Fish
Antibodies
Orthology
Engineered Foreign Genes
Mapping