Chitinase genes ( CHIA s) provide genomic footprints of a post-Cretaceous dietary radiation in placental mammals Journal Articles

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abstract

Mammal genomes retain remnants of chitinase genes, pointing to dietary shifts in the wake of the K/Pg mass extinction.

authors

Poinar, Hendrik
Emerling, Christopher A
Delsuc, Frédéric
Nachman, Michael W

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published

publication date

May 4, 2018

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Animal Feed (MeSH)
Animals (MeSH)
Biological Evolution (MeSH)
Carnivory (MeSH)
Chitinases (MeSH)
Extinction, Biological (MeSH)
Female (MeSH)
Fossils (MeSH)
Gene Dosage (MeSH)
Genome (MeSH)
Genomics (MeSH)
Herbivory (MeSH)
Mammals (MeSH)
Phylogeny (MeSH)
Placenta (MeSH)
Pregnancy (MeSH)

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Science Advances Journal