Synonymous substitution rates in Drosophila: Mitochondrial versus nuclear genes

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 378-391

  Moriyama, Etsuko N ^a   Powell, Jeffrey R ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Drosophila; Mitochondria; Nuclear gene; Synonymous substitution rate; The melanogaster species subgroup; The obscura species group; Transition; Transversion

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CODON; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MITOCHONDRION; MUTATION RATE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION;

ANIMALS; CELL NUCLEUS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENES, INSECT; MODELS, GENETIC; MUTATION; TIME FACTORS;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MELANOGASTER; OBSCURA GROUP;

EID: 0030845166     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00006243     Document Type: Article

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