Mutational mechanisms, phylogeny, and evolution of a repetitive region within a clock gene of Drosophila melanogaster

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 392-408

  Rosato, E ^a,b   Peixoto, A A ^a,d   Gallippi, A ^b   Kyriacou, C P ^a   Costa, R ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

^d BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

D. melanogaster; Molecular phylogeny; period gene; Repetitive DNA

Indexed keywords

DNA; NUCLEOTIDE;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CODON; DNA SEQUENCE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EVOLUTION; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; GENE; GENE CONVERSION; HAPLOTYPE; MALE; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0029971928     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02498633     Document Type: Article

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