Molecular evolution: A difficult phase for introns-early

Current Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 533-536

  Hurst, Laurence D ^a   McVean, Gilean T ^a  

^a Department of Genetics ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA;

ANIMAL; CODON; HUMAN; INTRON; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; REVIEW; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; CODON; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HUMANS; INTRONS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0030134623     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-9822(02)00535-3     Document Type: Article

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