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Evolution of the Relaxin/Insulin-like Gene Family in Placental Mammals: Implications for Its Early Evolution
2010
Journal of Molecular Evolution
The relaxin (RLN) and insulin-like (INSL) gene family is a group of genes involved in a variety of physiological roles that includes bone formation, testicular descent, trophoblast development, and cell differentiation. This family appears to have expanded in vertebrates relative to non-vertebrate chordates, but the relative contribution of whole genome duplications (WGDs) and tandem duplications to the observed diversity of genes is still an open question. Results from our comparative analyses
doi:10.1007/s00239-010-9403-6
pmid:21082170
fatcat:xrahjfst5jafvct6twgbqahbzy