Molecular evolution of the globin gene cluster E in two distantly related midges, Chironomus pallidivittatus and C. thummi thummi

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 589-601

  Hankeln, Thomas ^a   Amid, Clara ^a   Weich, Bettina ^a   Niessing, Jürgen ^b   Schmidt, Erwin R ^b  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chironomus; Gene conversion; Globin; Hemoglobin; Molecular evolution; Multigene family

Indexed keywords

GLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN;

ARTICLE; CHIRONOMIDAE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE CONVERSION; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; LARVA; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CHIRONOMIDAE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENES, INSECT; GLOBINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY;

EID: 0031900526     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00006339     Document Type: Article

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