Discovery of the Elusive Leptin in Birds: Identification of Several ‘Missing Links’ in the Evolution of Leptin and Its Receptor

• Jeremy W. Prokop,

  Affiliations Integrated Biosciences Program, The University of Akron, Akron, Ohio, United States of America, Human and Molecular Genetics Center, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States of America

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• Cameron Schmidt,

  Affiliation Integrated Biosciences Program, The University of Akron, Akron, Ohio, United States of America

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• Donald Gasper,

  Affiliation Integrated Biosciences Program, The University of Akron, Akron, Ohio, United States of America

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• Robert J. Duff,

  Affiliation Integrated Biosciences Program, The University of Akron, Akron, Ohio, United States of America

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• Amy Milsted,

  Affiliation Integrated Biosciences Program, The University of Akron, Akron, Ohio, United States of America

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• Takeshi Ohkubo,

  Affiliation College of Agriculture, Ibaraki University, Amimachi, Ibaraki, Japan

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• Hope C. Ball,

  Affiliation Integrated Biosciences Program, The University of Akron, Akron, Ohio, United States of America

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• Matthew D. Shawkey,

  Affiliation Integrated Biosciences Program, The University of Akron, Akron, Ohio, United States of America

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• Herman L. Mays Jr,

  Affiliation Geier Collections and Research Center, Cincinnati Museum Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

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• Larry A. Cogburn ,

  * E-mail: londraville@uakron.edu (RLL), cogburn@udel (LAG)

  Affiliation Animal and Food Sciences, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware, United States of America

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• Richard L. Londraville

  * E-mail: londraville@uakron.edu (RLL), cogburn@udel (LAG)

  Affiliation Integrated Biosciences Program, The University of Akron, Akron, Ohio, United States of America

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