Evolutionary rates for tuf genes in endosymbionts of aphids

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 574-582

  Brynnel, E Ulrika ^a,c   Kurland, Charles G ^a   Moran, Nancy A ^b   Andersson, Siv G E ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c Department of City Archaeology ^*  (Sweden)

Author keywords

Buchnera aphidicola; Elongation factor Tu; Molecular evolution; Mutation bias; Substitution rates

Indexed keywords

DNA; ELONGATION FACTOR TU;

APHID; ARTICLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MUTATION RATE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SYMBIOSIS;

EID: 0031925286     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a025958     Document Type: Article

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