Rates of DNA sequence evolution are not sex-biased in Drosophila melanogaster and D. simulans

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1252-1257

  Bauer, Vanessa L ^a   Aquadro, Charles F ^a  

^a Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics   (United States)

Author keywords

Drosophila melanogaster; Drosophila simulans; Germline cell division; Mutation rate; Nucleotide divergence; Sex biased

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MUTATION RATE; NONHUMAN; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; X CHROMOSOME;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA SIMULANS; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0030817264     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a025734     Document Type: Article

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