Concerted evolution of repetitive DNA sequences in eukaryotes

Quarterly Review of Biology

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 1995, Pages 297-320

  Elder Jr , John F ^a   Turner, Bruce J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; EUKARYOTIC CELL; EVOLUTION; FISH; GENETICS; HUMAN; INVERTEBRATE; MAMMAL; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; VERTEBRATE;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL; BASE SEQUENCE; BIRDS; DNA; EUKARYOTIC CELLS; EVOLUTION; FISHES; HUMAN; INVERTEBRATES; MAMMALS; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.; VERTEBRATES;

EID: 0029360612     PISSN: 00335770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/419073     Document Type: Article

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