THE EVOLUTION OF THE VERTEBRATE NEUROHYPOPHYSIAL HORMONES IN RELATION TO THE GENETIC CODE
- 1 May 1967
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Bioscientifica in Journal of Endocrinology
- Vol. 38 (1) , 3-12
- https://doi.org/10.1677/joe.0.0380003
Abstract
SUMMARY: An outline is presented of the phyletic distribution of the neurohypophysial hormones and of the genetic code. The evolution of these peptides is proposed to have proceeded along the known lines of protein evolution. Based on this premise a scheme is elaborated for the evolution of the structures of the neurohypophysial hormones. Structures for some unknown intermediates are suggested.This publication has 21 references indexed in Scilit:
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