Rate variation of DNA sequence evolution in the Drosophila lineages

Genetics

Volumn 149, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 959-970

  Takano, Toshiyuki S ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENETICS   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLOGY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; DNA RECOMBINATION; DNA SEQUENCE; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA SIMULANS; DROSOPHILA YAKUBA; EVOLUTION; NATURAL SELECTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENES, INSECT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; ZINC FINGERS;

EID: 0031777618     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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