The evolutionary history of the amylase multigene family in Drosophila pseudoobscura

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 883-888

  Popadić, Aleksandar ^a,c   Norman, Rod A ^b   Doanet, Winifred W ^b   Anderson, Wyatt W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Drosophila pseudoobscura; original copy number; pseudogenes; amylase multigene family

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME INVERSION; DROSOPHILA; EVOLUTION; GENE CONVERSION; GENE DELETION; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOGENE;

EID: 0029943217     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a025648     Document Type: Article

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