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Published on: April 28, 2016
Recent advances in the phylogenetic study of ghrelin
Hiroyuki Kaiya1, Mikiya Miyazato, Kenji Kangawa
1Department of Biochemistry, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center Research Institute, Osaka, Japan. kaiya@ri.ncvc.go.jp
Abstract:
To understand fully the biology of ghrelin, it is important to know the evolutionary history of ghrelin and its receptor. Phylogenetic and comparative genomic studies of mammalian and non-mammalian vertebrates are a useful approach to that end. Ghrelin is a hormone that has apparently evaded natural selection during a long evolutionary history. Surely ghrelin plays crucial physiological roles in living animals. Phylogenetic studies reveal the nature and evolutionary history of this important signaling system.
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