Abstract: Among closely related taxa, proteins involved in reproduction generally evolve more rapidly than other proteins. Here, we apply a functional and comparative genomics approach to compare functional divergence across a deep phylogenetic array of egg-laying and live-bearing vertebrate taxa. We aligned and annotated a set of 4,986 1 : 1 : 1 : 1 : 1 orthologs inAnolis carolinensis(green lizard),Danio rerio(zebrafish),Xenopus tropicalis(frog),Gallus gallus(chicken), andMus musculus(mouse) according to function using ESTs from available reproductive (...
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Topics: 
Evolutionary biology
Genetics