Lineage-specific evolution of the vertebrate <it>Otopetrin </it>gene family revealed by comparative genomic analyses
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Mutations in the <it>Otopetrin 1 </it>gene (<it>Otop1</it>) in mice and fish produce an unusual bilateral vestibular pathology that involves the absence of otoconia without hearing impairment. The encoded prot...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2011-01-01
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| Series: | BMC Evolutionary Biology |
| Online Access: | http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2148/11/23 |