Molecular evolution of the 5′-flanking regions of the duplicated Amy genes in Drosophila melanogaster species subgroup

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 574-583

  Okuyama, Eisaku ^a,b   Shibata, Hiroki ^a   Tachida, Hidenori ^a   Yamazaki, Tsuneyuki ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KAGAWA PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adaptive evolution; Amylase; Drosophila; Flanking region; Gene expression; Molecular evolution

Indexed keywords

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MELANOGASTER;

ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EVOLUTION; GENE CONTROL; GENE SEQUENCE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; REGULATOR GENE;

ALPHA-AMYLASE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0029913914     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a025617     Document Type: Article

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