Evolution and phylogenetic utility of the period gene in Lepidoptera

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1172-1182

  Regier, Jerome C ^a   Fang, Q Q ^b   Mitter, Charles ^c   Peigler, Richard S ^d   Friedlander, Timothy P ^c   Alma Solis, M ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BIOTECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Bldg 142   (United States)

^d SECTION OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY   (United States)

^e DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bombycoidea; Dopa decarboxylase; Elongation factor 1 ; Lepidoptera; Molecular systematics; Period gene; Substitution rates

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; DNA FLANKING REGION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; LEPIDOPTERA; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MUTATION RATE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; TAXONOMY; TIME;

ARACHNIDA; BOMBYCOIDEA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; MACROLEPIDOPTERA;

EID: 0031823248     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a026024     Document Type: Article

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