The evolution of small gene clusters: Evidence for an independent origin of the maltase gene cluster in Drosophila virilis and Drosophila melanogaster

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 985-993

  Vieira, Cristina P ^a   Vieira, Jorge ^a   Hartl, Daniel L ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Drosophila virilis; Gene cluster; Genome organization; Maltase genes

Indexed keywords

ALPHA GLUCOSIDASE; DNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOMAL LOCALIZATION; DNA SEQUENCE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA VIRILIS; GENE CLUSTER; GENOME; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN;

ANIMALIA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA VIRILIS; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0030920456     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a025715     Document Type: Article

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