BMC Evolutionary Biology

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Duplication, concerted evolution and purifying selection drive the evolution of mosquito vitellogenin genes

Song Chen1, Jennifer S Armistead1, Katie N Provost-Javier1, Joyce M Sakamoto2 and Jason L Rasgon1,3*

Author Affiliations

1 The W. Harry Feinstone Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, 21205, USA

2 The Institute for Genome Sciences, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, 21201, USA

3 The Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, 21205, USA

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BMC Evolutionary Biology 2010, 10:142 doi:10.1186/1471-2148-10-142

Published: 13 May 2010

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Purifying selection of Vitellogenin genes in additional vertebrates and invertebrates.

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Gene conversion of Vitellogenin genes in additional vertebrates and invertebrates.

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