Adh nucleotide variation in Drosophila willistoni: High replacement polymorphism in an electrophoretically monomorphic protein

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 232-237

  Griffith, Elizabeth C ^a   Powell, Jeffrey R ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol dehydrogenase; DNA polymorphism; Drosophila willistoni

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; DNA SEQUENCE; DROSOPHILA; ENZYME POLYMORPHISM; GENE LOCUS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN;

ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE; ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA; ELECTROPHORESIS; GENETICS, POPULATION; MODELS, GENETIC; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; VARIATION (GENETICS);

DROSOPHILA WILLISTONI;

EID: 0030870834     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00006225     Document Type: Article

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