Distribution and evolution of introns in Drosophila amylase genes

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 334-347

  Da Lage, Jean Luc ^a   Wegnez, Maurice ^b   Cariou, Marie Louise ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b Centre d'Orsay   (France)

Author keywords

Alpha amylase; Base composition; Drosophila ananassae; Drosophilids; Intron; Multigene families; Obscura species group; Zaprionus

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE;

ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EVOLUTION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; INTRON; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANANASSAE SUBGROUP; DROSOPHILA ANANASSAE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PSEUDOOBSCURA; DROSOPHILIDAE; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; LEPIDOPTERA; MELANOGASTER; OBSCURA GROUP;

EID: 0029837344     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02339008     Document Type: Article

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