BMC Evolutionary Biology

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Evolution and differential expression of a vertebrate vitellogenin gene cluster

Roderick N Finn1*, Jelena Kolarevic1,2, Heidi Kongshaug3 and Frank Nilsen1,3

Author Affiliations

1 Department of Biology, University of Bergen, Bergen High Technology Center, Postbox 7803, N-5020, Bergen, Norway

2 Nofima Marine, N-6600 Sunndalsøra, Norway

3 Institute of Marine Research, Post box 1870 Nordnes, N-5817 Bergen, Norway

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BMC Evolutionary Biology 2009, 9:2 doi:10.1186/1471-2148-9-2

Published: 5 January 2009

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Additional file 1:

Accession numbers used in the study. Non-genomic variants are derived from genbank, while genomic variants for chicken, zebrafish, medaka, torafugu and spotted green pufferfish are taken from ensembl release 49.

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Additional file 2:

Gene specific primers used in the study. P1, P11 and P21 are designed from red seabream with accession numbers AB181838, AB181839, AB181840, for vtgAa, vtgAb, and vtgC, respectively. All other primers are from the Labridae in the study.

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