Molecular Evolution of Neuropeptide Y Receptors in Vertebrates
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Chicken neuropeptide Y receptor Y2: structural and pharmacological differences to mammalian Y2. Neuropeptide Y receptors in the Y1 subfamily from the spiny dogfish, Squalus acanthias, support genome duplications in early vertebrate evolution (Submitted)
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