The evolution of vertebrate somatostatin receptors and their gene regions involves extensive chromosomal rearrangements
Abstract Background Somatostatin and its related neuroendocrine peptides have a wide variety of physiological functions that are mediated by five somatostatin receptors with gene names SSTR1-5 in mammals.To resolve their evolution in vertebrates Beach Toy we have investigated the SSTR genes and a large number of adjacent gene families by phylogeny