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  • Title: Codon usage in the vertebrate hemoglobins and its implications.
    Author: Smith TF, Ralph WW, Goodman M, Czelusniak J.
    Journal: Mol Biol Evol; 1985 Sep; 2(5):390-8. PubMed ID: 3870868.
    Abstract:
    A study of codon usage in vertebrate hemoglobins revealed an evolutionary trend toward elevated numbers of CpG codon boundary pairs in mammalian hemoglobin alpha genes. Selection for CpG codon boundaries countering the generally observed CpG suppression is strongly suggested by these data. These observations parallel recently published experimental results that indicate that constitutive expression of the human alpha-globin gene appears to be determined by regulatory information encoded within the structural gene. The possibility is raised that, in the absence of selection, CpG decay can be used to date the evolutionary origin of a mammalian alpha pseudogene from its active alpha gene.
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