Molecular evolution of the Cecropin multigene family in Drosophila: Functional genes vs. pseudogenes

Genetics

Volumn 150, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 157-171

  Ramos Onsins, Sebastián ^a   Aguadé, Montserrat ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CECROPIN;

ARTICLE; DNA POLYMORPHISM; DNA SEQUENCE; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOGENE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA; DROSOPHILA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; INSECT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PSEUDOGENES; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

DROSOPHILA MAURITIANA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA SECHELLIA; DROSOPHILA SIMULANS; INSECTA; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0031696837     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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