Retracing the origin and evolution of a cryptic antimicrobial peptide within mammalian lactoferrin

• Titas Sil,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Institute of Ecology and Evolution, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, United States of America, Department of Biology, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, United States of America

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• Caitlin H. Kowalski,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Institute of Ecology and Evolution, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, United States of America, Department of Dermatology, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, New Hampshire, United States of America

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• Sierra Scamfer,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Biology, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, United States of America, Institute of Molecular Biology, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, United States of America

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• Natalie Copeland,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Biology, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, United States of America, Institute of Molecular Biology, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0009-0003-0229-9827

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• Matthew F. Barber

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: mfbarber@uoregon.edu

  Affiliations Institute of Ecology and Evolution, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, United States of America, Department of Biology, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2008-2165

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