Evolution of the larval cuticle proteins coded by the secondary sex chromosome pair: X2 and neo-Y of Drosophila miranda: I. Comparison at the DNA sequence level

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 405-412

  Steinemann, Manfred ^a   Steinemann, Sigrid ^a   Pinsker, Wilhelm ^b  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

CAAT box motifs; Drosophila; Gene homogenizaton; Gene phylogeny; Lcp gene family; Sex chromosomes

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; DROSOPHILA; EVOLUTION; GENE CLUSTER; GENE SEQUENCE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SEX CHROMOSOME;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA MIRANDA; MELANOGASTER; OBSCURA GROUP;

EID: 0029837345     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00006099     Document Type: Article

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