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The proposed scenario for the evolution of the NPY receptor gene family. Initially two local duplications generated the ancestors of NPY1R, NPY2R, and NPY5R. Then, two large-scale duplications followed, arriving at the current gene arrangement. Genes with question marks may have been lost or have not yet been discovered.
