Body size effects and rates of cytochrome b evolution in tube-nosed seabirds

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1360-1371

  Nunn, Gary B ^a,c   Stanley, Scott E ^b  

^a DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c APPLIED BIOSYSTEMS   (United States)

Author keywords

Avian systematics; Cytochrome b; Generation time hypothesis; Metabolic rate hypothesis; Population size effects; Procellariiformes; Rate heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME B;

ARTICLE; BIRD; BODY SIZE; DIRECTED MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EVOLUTION; METABOLIC RATE; NONHUMAN;

EID: 0031660997     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a025864     Document Type: Article

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