Open Access Research article  Polymorphism, selection and tandem
duplication of transferrin genes in Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua)
- Conserved synteny between fish monolobal and tetrapod bilobal
transferrin loci  Øivind Andersen12*, Maria Cristina De Rosa3,
Davide Pirolli3, Ave Tooming-Klunderud4, Petra E Petersen5 and
Carl André6  Author Affiliations  1 Nofima Marin, P. O. Box
5010, N-1430 Ås, Norway  2 Norwegian University of Life
Sciences, P. O. Box 5003, N-1430 Ås, Norway  3 Institute of
Chemistry of Molecular Recognition - CNR and Institute of
Biochemistry and Clinical Biochemistry, Catholic University of
Rome, 00168 Rome, Italy   5 Aquaculture Research Station of the
Faroes, FO-430 Hvalvík, Faroe Islands  6 Department of Marine
Ecology-Tjärnö, Gothenburg University, S-45296 Strömstad, Sweden
For all author emails, please log on.  BMC Genetics 2011, 12:51 
doi:10.1186/1471-2156-12-51   Received:21 January 2011
Accepted:25 May 2011 Published:25 May 2011  © 2011 Andersen et
al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.