Comparative analysis of the myoglobin gene in whales and humans reveals evolutionary changes in regulatory elements and expression levels

• Charles Sackerson ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: charles.sackerson@csuci.edu

  Affiliation Biology Department, California State University Channel Islands, Camarillo, California, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0009-0003-5734-5763

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• Vivian Garcia,

  Roles Investigation, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Current address: Department of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America

  Affiliation Biology Department, California State University Channel Islands, Camarillo, California, United States of America

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• Nicole Medina,

  Roles Investigation, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Current address: Agilent Technologies, Carpinteria, California, United States of America

  Affiliation Biology Department, California State University Channel Islands, Camarillo, California, United States of America

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• Jessica Maldonado,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Current address: Ventura County Sheriff’s Office Forensic Services Bureau, Ventura, California, United States of America

  Affiliation Biology Department, California State University Channel Islands, Camarillo, California, United States of America

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• John Daly,

  Roles Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Biology Department, California State University Channel Islands, Camarillo, California, United States of America

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• Rachel Cartwright

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Biology Department, California State University Channel Islands, Camarillo, California, United States of America, The Keiki Kohola Project, Lahaina, Hawaii, United States of America

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