Evolutionary history of introns in a multidomain globin gene

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 641-647

  Jellie, Anna M ^a   Tate, Warren P ^a   Trotman, Clive N A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Artemia; Exon; Hemoglobin; Intron; Protein evolution

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN;

ARTEMIA; ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; EXON; GLOBIN GENE; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; INTRON; NONHUMAN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ARTEMIA; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENES; GLOBINS; INTRONS; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ARTEMIA;

EID: 0029950560     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02338797     Document Type: Article

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