Interspecific and intraspecific comparisons of the period locus in the Drosophila willistoni sibling species

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 741-753

  Gleason, Jennifer M ^a,b   Powell, Jeffrey R ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Codon usage bias; DNA polymorphism; Drosophila willistoni; Period; Repeat evolution

Indexed keywords

DNA; GLYCINE;

ARTICLE; CODON; DNA POLYMORPHISM; DROSOPHILA; EVOLUTION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SIBLING; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA WILLISTONI; MELANOGASTER; WILLISTONI GROUP;

EID: 0030833845     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a025814     Document Type: Article

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