High impact information on Artiodactyla

• In other mammals, Sbps of Artiodactyla and Lagomorpha have the same range of affinities for androgens but they do not bind estradiol to any significant extent (Kd > 280 nM) [1].
• Phylogenetic evidence from the IRBP gene for the paraphyly of toothed whales, with mixed support for Cetacea as a suborder of Artiodactyla [2].
• There is even evidence for PAG-like molecules outside the Artiodactyla [3].
• In fact, mixed simple repeat (gt)n(ga)m sequences are present in major histocompatibility complex MHC-DRB genes for long evolutionary times, including such distant animals as artiodactyla and man [4].
• New phylogenetic perspectives on the Cervidae (Artiodactyla) are provided by the mitochondrial cytochrome b gene [5].

Biological context of Artiodactyla

• Nucleotide sequence evolution of the mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit II (COII) gene was used to examine the molecular phylogenetics and evolution of the Bovinae, a subfamily within the mammalian order Artiodactyla [6].
• A porcine interleukin-6 (pIL-6) cDNA has been cloned from pig spleen cDNA library to provide information that would allow us to study IL-6 mRNA expression during pregnancy of several domestic Artiodactyla [7].

Anatomical context of Artiodactyla

• Immunohistochemical localization of keratin, an intermediate filament protein, was studied in bull, goat, and sheep anterior pituitary glands, i.e., in animals of the order Artiodactyla [8].

Associations of Artiodactyla with chemical compounds

• Two related glycoproteins, fetuin in species of the order Artiodactyla (cattle, sheep, pig) and alpha 2HS glycoprotein in the human [(1987) Cell Tissue Res. 248, 33-41] have a very specific distribution in the developing brain [9].
• In contrast to other studies of Artiodactyla DRB sequences, interallelic recombination does not appear to be playing a significant role in the generation of allelic diversity at this locus in white-tailed deer [10].
• Among the suborder Suiformes of Artiodactyla, the families Hippopotamidae and Tayassuidae do not seem to possess lysipressin, in contrast to the family Suidae in which the pig has lysipressin in place of arginine vasopressin [11].

Gene context of Artiodactyla

• Homology analyses of nucleotide and deduced amino sequences of llama IL-2, IFN-, IL-12p35 and IL-12p40 and phylogenetic analysis based on their nucleotide sequences indicated the close relationship in these cytokine genes between llama and eutherian mammalian order Artiodactyla, which includes pig and cattle [12].
• The deduced sequence for the mature GH from red deer is identical to that of bovine GH, indicating that the burst of rapid evolution of GH that occurred in Artiodactyla must have been completed before the divergence of Cervidae and Bovidae and suggesting that the rate of evolution during this burst must have been greater than previously estimated [13].
• However, there is limited data documenting the ability of protein G to bind immunoglobulin (Ig) from many captive and free-ranging nondomestic hoofstock (Order Artiodactyla, e.g., elk, antelope, bison) [14].

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