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Duplication,concerted evolution and purifying selection drive the evolution of mosquito vitellogenin genes |
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| Authors: | Song Chen Jennifer S Armistead Katie N Provost-Javier Joyce M Sakamoto Jason L Rasgon |
| Institution: | (1) The W. Harry Feinstone Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, 21205 Baltimore, MD, USA;(2) The Institute for Genome Sciences, University of Maryland School of Medicine, 21201 Baltimore, MD, USA;(3) The Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, 21205 Baltimore, MD, USA |
| Abstract: | BackgroundMosquito vitellogenin (Vtg) genes belong to a small multiple gene family that encodes the major yolk protein precursors required for egg production. Multiple Vtg genes have been cloned and characterized from several mosquito species, but their origin and molecular evolution are poorly understood. |
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