Curr Biol. 2007 Dec 4;17(23):R1014-6.

Evolution of protein expression: new genes for a new diet.

Source

Department of Ecology and Evolution, The University of Chicago, 1102 E. 57 St., Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA. j-coyne@uchicago.edu

Abstract

A new study identifies gene duplication of a salivary enzyme as a recent adaptation to changes in diet among human populations, highlighting the diverse ways that gene regulation can evolve.

PMID:: 18054763; [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

MeSH Terms, Substances

MeSH Terms

Substances

LinkOut - more resources

Full Text Sources

Other Literature Sources

Medical

Diets - MedlinePlus Health Information

Supplemental Content

Save items

Related citations in PubMed

Adaptive drool in the gene pool. [Nat Genet. 2007]
Adaptive drool in the gene pool.
Novembre J, Pritchard JK, Coop G. Nat Genet. 2007 Oct; 39(10):1188-90.
Evolutionary genetics: you are what you ate. [Nature. 2007]
Evolutionary genetics: you are what you ate.
Shadan S. Nature. 2007 Sep 13; 449(7159):155.
Diet and the evolution of human amylase gene copy number variation. [Nat Genet. 2007]
Diet and the evolution of human amylase gene copy number variation.
Perry GH, Dominy NJ, Claw KG, Lee AS, Fiegler H, Redon R, Werner J, Villanea FA, Mountain JL, Misra R, et al. Nat Genet. 2007 Oct; 39(10):1256-60. Epub 2007 Sep 9.
Review The remarkable evolutionary history of the human amylase genes. [Crit Rev Oral Biol Med. 1993]
Review The remarkable evolutionary history of the human amylase genes.
Meisler MH, Ting CN. Crit Rev Oral Biol Med. 1993; 4(3-4):503-9.
Review Evolutionary constraints imposed by gene dosage balance. [Front Biosci. 2008]
Review Evolutionary constraints imposed by gene dosage balance.
Liang H, Fernandez A. Front Biosci. 2008 May 1; 13:4373-8. Epub 2008 May 1.

See reviews... See all...

Cited by 2 PubMed Central articles

Review The loci of evolution: how predictable is genetic evolution? [Evolution. 2008]
Review The loci of evolution: how predictable is genetic evolution?
Stern DL, Orgogozo V. Evolution. 2008 Sep; 62(9):2155-77. Epub 2008 Jul 4.
Resurrection of DNA function in vivo from an extinct genome. [PLoS One. 2008]
Resurrection of DNA function in vivo from an extinct genome.
Pask AJ, Behringer RR, Renfree MB. PLoS One. 2008 May 21; 3(5):e2240. Epub 2008 May 21.

Related information

Related Citations
Calculated set of PubMed citations closely related to the selected article(s) retrieved using a word weight algorithm. Related articles are displayed in ranked order from most to least relevant, with the “linked from” citation displayed first.
Substance (MeSH Keyword)
PubChem chemical substance (submitted) records that are classified under the same Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) controlled vocabulary as the current articles.
Cited in PMC
Full-text articles in the PubMed Central Database that cite the current articles.

Recent activity

Clear Turn Off Turn On

Evolution of protein expression: new genes for a new diet.
Evolution of protein expression: new genes for a new diet.
Curr Biol. 2007 Dec 4 ;17(23):R1014-6.

PubMed
Clinical course in Crohn's disease: results of a Norwegian population-based ten-...
Clinical course in Crohn's disease: results of a Norwegian population-based ten-year follow-up study.
Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2007 Dec ;5(12):1430-8.

PubMed
PPAR agonists: multimodal drugs for the treatment of type-2 diabetes.
PPAR agonists: multimodal drugs for the treatment of type-2 diabetes.
Best Pract Res Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2007 Dec ;21(4):687-710.

PubMed
Influence of the ketogenic diet on 24-hour electroencephalogram in children with...
Influence of the ketogenic diet on 24-hour electroencephalogram in children with epilepsy.
Pediatr Neurol. 2008 Jan ;38(1):38-43.

PubMed
Humeral nonunion.
Humeral nonunion.
Hand Clin. 2007 Nov ;23(4):449-56, vi.

PubMed

Your browsing activity is empty.

Activity recording is turned off.

Turn recording back on

PubMed

Result Filters

Display Settings:

Send to: