Rapid evolution in a conserved gene family. Evolution of the actin gene family in the sea urchin genus Heliocidaris and related genera

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 654-665

  Kissinger, Jessica C ^a,b   Hahn, Jang Hee ^a,c   Raff, Rudolf A ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^c Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

3' untranslated region; actin; Heliocidaris; Lytechinus; sea urchins

Indexed keywords

ACTIN;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; ENDODERM; EVOLUTION; GASTRULATION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC REGULATION; METAMORPHOSIS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; SEA URCHIN; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

ECHINOIDEA; HELIOCIDARIS; HELIOCIDARIS ERYTHROGRAMMA; HELIOCIDARIS TUBERCULATA; LYTECHINUS; LYTECHINUS VARIEGATUS;

EID: 0030925519     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a025805     Document Type: Article

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