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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Abbey HN
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4584323 | biostudies-literature | 2015
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Centromeric protein A (CENP-A) is the epigenetic determinant of centromeres. This protein has been shown to be adaptively evolving in a number of animal and plant species. In a previous communication we were able to demonstrate that signs of adaptive evolution were detected in the comparison of CENP-A sequences from three percid fish species. In this study we isolated the CENP-A gene from eight additional species from the Percidae family. With these sequences and those previously obtained, we ca ...[more]