Natural selection and adaptive evolution of leptin in the ochotona family driven by the cold environmental stress.

Natural selection and adaptive evolution of leptin in the ochotona family driven by the cold environmental stress.

BACKGROUND: Environmental stress can accelerate the evolutionary rate of specific stress-response proteins and create new functions specialized for different environments, enhancing an organism's fitness to stressful environments. Pikas (order Lagomorpha), endemic, non-hibernating mammals in th...

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Main Authors: Jie Yang, Zhen Long Wang, Xin Quan Zhao, De Peng Wang, De Lin Qi, Bao Hong Xu, Yong Hong Ren, Hui Fang Tian
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2008-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2194619?pdf=render

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