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    Evolutionary pathway of pseudogenization of globin genes, α5 and β5, in genus Oryzias

    Hemoglobin transports oxygen in many organisms and consists of α- and β-globin chains. Previously, using molecular phylogenetic analysis, we proposed that both α- and β-globins of teleost could be classified i...

    Kouichi Maruyama, Bing Wang, Yuji Ishikawa in Development Genes and Evolution (2015)

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    Structure and developmental expression of hatching enzyme genes of the Japanese eel Anguilla japonica: an aspect of the evolution of fish hatching enzyme gene

    We isolated seven cDNA clones from embryos of the Japanese eel Anguilla japonica. Each deduced amino acid sequence consisted of a signal peptide, a propeptide and a mature enzyme portion belonging to the astacin ...

    Junya Hiroi, Kouichi Maruyama, Kouji Kawazu in Development Genes and Evolution (2004)