High nucleotide sequence variation in a region of low recombination in Drosophila simulans is consistent with the background selection model

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1133-1140

  Hamblin, Martha T ^a   Aquadro, Charles F ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

background selection; Drosophila; recombination

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE DEHYDROGENASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; FEMALE; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MALE; MUTATION RATE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY;

ANIMALIA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA SIMULANS; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0029910525     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a025676     Document Type: Article

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