2016
Potential arms race in the coevolution of primates and angiosperms: brazzein sweet proteins and gorilla taste receptors
Guevara EE, Veilleux CC, Saltonstall K, Caccone A, Mundy NI, Bradley BJ. Potential arms race in the coevolution of primates and angiosperms: brazzein sweet proteins and gorilla taste receptors. American Journal Of Biological Anthropology 2016, 161: 181-185. PMID: 27393125, DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.23046.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSweet proteinNew sequence dataAmino acid sitesSeed dispersersProtein evolutionAccelerated evolutionBiochemical mimicryPrimate lineageGorilla lineagePositive selectionSequence dataGorilla dietCaloric gainArms raceWestern gorillasBrazzeinAfrican primatesProteinLineagesCoevolutionPentadiplandra brazzeanaLocal plantsSpeciesSweet signalsMutations
1980
Biochemical divergence between cavernicolous and marine Sphaeromidae and the Mediterranean salinity crisis
Sbordoni V, Caccone A, De Matthaeis E, Sbordoni M. Biochemical divergence between cavernicolous and marine Sphaeromidae and the Mediterranean salinity crisis. Cellular And Molecular Life Sciences 1980, 36: 48-50. DOI: 10.1007/bf02003963.Peer-Reviewed Original Research