Evolutionary history of mammalian UDP-glucuronosyltransferase (UGT)1 and UGT2 families: the emergence of UGT2B subfamily in eutherians after the diversification of flowering plants
Y. K. Kawai, K. Sano, Y. Ikenaka, S. M. M. Nakayama, M. Kondo, A. Kubota, M. Ishizuka
This study investigates the evolutionary history of mammalian UGT1 and UGT2 gene families, finding that UGT2B genes emerged in eutherians after the diversification of flowering plants and are more prevalent in herbivorous mammals.
bioRxiv · Aug 20, 2021 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology