Y chromosome variation of mice and men

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1744-1750

  Nachman, Michael W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Background selection; Evolution; Genetic hitchhiking; Mus domesticus; The neutral theory; Y chromosome

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC SELECTION; HUMAN; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POPULATION GENETICS; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; THEORY; Y CHROMOSOME;

MUS; MUS CAROLI; MUS MUSCULUS DOMESTICUS; PAN (APE);

EID: 0031771543     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a025900     Document Type: Article

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