title: Globin genes on the move.
abstract: Recent data published in BMC Biology from the globin gene clusters in platypus, together with data from other species, show that beta-globin genes transposed from one chromosomal location to another. This resolves some controversies about vertebrate globin gene evolution but ignites new ones.
authors.affiliation: Center for Comparative Genomics and Bioinformatics, Huck Institutes of Life Sciences, University Park, PA 16802, USA. rch8@psu.edu
authors.forename: Ross C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Hardison
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D019143:Evolution, Molecular; D015321:Gene Rearrangement; D005914:Globins / Q000235:genetics*; D005810:Multigene Family; D010802:Phylogeny; D010987:Platypus / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D005914:Globins