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Evolution of the fish heart by sub/neofunctionalization of an elastin gene

Authors :
Yuuta Moriyama
Fumihiro Ito
Hiroyuki Takeda
Tohru Yano
Masataka Okabe
Shigehiro Kuraku
Fred W. Keeley
Kazuko Koshiba-Takeuchi
Source :
Nature Communications, Vol 7, Iss 1, Pp 1-10 (2016)
Publication Year :
2016
Publisher :
Nature Portfolio, 2016.

Abstract

The bulbus arteriosus is an organ unique to the heart of teleosts, composed of specialized smooth muscle. Here, the authors show that the gene elastin b, which regulates cell fate of cardiac precursor cells into smooth muscle, evolved after whole-genome duplication and neofunctionalization in teleosts.

Subjects

Subjects :
Science

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
20411723
Volume :
7
Issue :
1
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Nature Communications
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.b5e5ddf237544ca2aa051a7f36b5a662
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms10397