A Stress Response Program at the Origin of Evolutionary Innovation in the Skin
The skin epithelium, ie, the epidermis, of dolphins and whales (cetaceans) is up to 50 times thicker than that of humans and other mammals living on land. Recently, comparative genomics revealed further striking differences in the cytoskeleton of the outer layers of the epidermis in aquatic and terr...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2019-07-01
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| Series: | Evolutionary Bioinformatics |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1177/1176934319862246 |