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INSULIN receptors have been thought to have remained unaltered despite evolutionary changes in the hormone1. Because insulins from hystricomorph rodents are known to be highly substituted compared with other mammalian insulins, we decided to investigate the insulin receptor of some hystricomorphs to determine whether evolutionary change had occurred within the receptor itself. Here we present the first evidence that hystricomorph rodent insulin receptors have undergone evolutionary change.
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HORUK, R., GOODWIN, P., O'CONNOR, K. et al. Evolutionary change in the insulin receptors of hystricomorph rodents. Nature 279, 439–440 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1038/279439a0
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