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Table 3. Examples of physiological and morphological characters affected by mutations in the protein-coding regions of genes. More examples of physiological characters are given in Nei (26)
|
Protein/gene |
Organism |
Amino acid or nucleotide changes |
Character involved |
Reference |
|
|
Physiological characters |
|||||
|
Hemoglobin |
Crocodile |
5 aa |
Underwater living |
1 |
|
|
Hemoglobin |
Llama |
1 aa |
High-altitude life |
2 |
|
|
Lysozyme |
Ruminants |
2 aa |
Stomach acidity |
3 |
|
|
Opsin |
Vertebrates |
5 aa |
Color vision |
4 |
|
|
Opsin |
Birds |
1 aa |
UV sensitivity |
5 |
|
|
Period (per) gene |
Drosophila |
2-aa repeats |
Courtship song |
6 |
|
|
psbA gene |
Plants |
1 aa |
Herbicide resistance |
7 |
|
|
TFL1/FT |
Arabidopsis |
1 aa |
Flowering activation |
8 |
|
|
dNK |
Animals |
3 aa |
DNA metabolism |
9 |
|
|
Morphological characters |
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|
Le |
Pea |
1 aa |
Stem length |
10 |
|
|
MC1R |
Beach mouse |
1 aa |
Coat color |
11 |
|
|
HOXD13 |
Human |
1-4 aa |
Limb |
12 |
|
|
Oca2 |
Cave fish |
Exon deletion |
Albinism |
13 |
|
|
MC1R |
Rock pocket mouse |
4 aa |
Coat color |
14 |
|
|
MSH-R |
Mouse |
1 aa |
Coat color |
15 |
|
|
MSH-R |
Cattle |
1 aa |
Coat color |
16 |
|
|
MC1R |
Pig |
1 aa |
Coat color |
17 |
|
|
ASIP (AGOUTI) |
Jaguarundis |
2-bp deletion |
Coat color |
18 |
|
|
MC1R |
Jaguar |
5-aa deletion |
Coat color |
18 |
|
|
MC1R |
Lion tamarin |
8-aa deletion |
Coat color |
19 |
|
|
TYR |
Human |
1-5 aa |
Albinism |
20 |
|
|
VRS1 |
Barley |
1 aa |
Six-rowed spike |
21 |
|
|
Romosa2 |
Maize |
1 aa |
Flower shape |
22 |
|
|
Div |
Snapdragon |
4-bp deletion |
Flower symmetry |
23 |
|
|
ABCC11 |
Human |
1 aa |
Earwax |
24 |
|
|
IGF1 |
Dog |
A few bp |
Body size |
25 |
|
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