Seven types of pleiotropy

International Journal of Developmental Biology

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 501-505

  Hodgkin, Jonathan ^a  

^a MRC LABORATORY OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Evolution; Gene family; Mutation; Pleiotropy; Redundancy

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA;

EVOLUTION; GENE MUTATION; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PLEIOTROPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; GENES; MODELS, GENETIC; PHENOTYPE; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0031800626     PISSN: 02146282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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