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Non-Neutral Cytochrome b Variability in the Saker Falco cherrug Grey, 1834 and Gyrfalcon Falco rusticolus L.

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Mitochondrial DNA variability affects the characteristics of cell metabolism and serves as marker of evolutionary processes. The mitochondrial cytochrome b gene sequences of saker and gyrfalcon were examined. Five amino acid substitutions were identified, and for two of these, changes in amino acid physicochemical properties were revealed. Suggestions on the phylogenetic origin and functional influence of the detected amino acid substitutions were made.

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This study was carried out within the framework of the state contract with the All-Russian Research Institute for Environmental Protection of 2019, “Identification of Genetic Markers of Natural Populations of Rare and Highly Valuable Species of Birds and Mammals to Justify Programs for the Conservation and Reintroduction of These Species, as well as Assessment of the Genetic Diversity of Rare and Highly Valuable Species of Birds (Falconiformes and Gruiformes) Raised at Russian Hatcheries,” and the section of the State contract with the Koltzov Institute of Developmental Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences, of 2020, no. 0108-2019-0007, “Molecular Genetic and Ecological Mechanisms of Speciation and Early Stages of Evolution. Development of Approaches for Assessing the Homeostasis of the Development of Biological Systems (Methodology of Population Developmental Biology).”

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    D. N. Rozhkova, L. S. Zinevich, I. V. Karyakin, V. G. Tambovtseva & A. M. Kulikov

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    D. N. Rozhkova, L. S. Zinevich & A. G. Sorokin

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Rozhkova, D.N., Zinevich, L.S., Karyakin, I.V. et al. Non-Neutral Cytochrome b Variability in the Saker Falco cherrug Grey, 1834 and Gyrfalcon Falco rusticolus L.. Russ J Genet 57, 468–476 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1022795421040128

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