title: Evolutionary Genetics: Smells like a Pseudo-pseudogene.
abstract: A new study reports the presence of a chemosensory pseudogene in Drosophila sechellia, which in spite of carrying a premature stop-codon nevertheless encodes a fully functional and full-length protein. Such 'pseudo-pseudogenes' might well be a widespread phenomenon.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, Lund University, Lund, Sweden. Electronic address: marcus.stensmyr@biol.lu.se.
authors.forename: Marcus C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Stensmyr
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D005075:Biological Evolution; D004330:Drosophila / Q000378:metabolism*; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D005638:Fruit; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation / Q000502:physiology*; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D032066:Morinda / Q000737:chemistry; D011544:Pseudogenes / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D013045:Species Specificity
chemical_list: D008565:Membrane Proteins