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Evolutionary dynamics of eukaryotic selenoproteomes: large selenoproteomes may associate with aquatic life and small with terrestrial life

Alexey V Lobanov, Dmitri E Fomenko, Yan Zhang, Aniruddha Sengupta, Dolph L Hatfield and Vadim N Gladyshev*

Genome Biology 2007, 8:R198 doi:10.1186/gb-2007-8-9-r198

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Bioaccumulation and toxicity of selenium compounds in the green alga Scenedesmus quadricauda

Dáša Umysová, Milada Vítová, Irena Doušková, Kateřina Bišová, Monika Hlavová, Mária Čížková, Jiří Machát, Jiří Doucha, Vilém Zachleder BMC Plant Biology 2009, 9:58 (15 May 2009)

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Reduced reliance on the trace element selenium during evolution of mammals

Alexey V Lobanov, Dolph L Hatfield, Vadim N Gladyshev Genome Biology 2008, 9:R62 (31 March 2008)

Evolution from fish to mammals was accompanied by decreased use of selenocysteine, raising questions about the need for selenium dietary supplements when pathology is not imminent.