Comparative analysis of evolution in a rodent histone H2a pseudogene

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 355-360

  DeBry, Ronald W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

Concerted evolution; Gene conversion; Histone H2a; Molecular evolution; Multigene family; Mus; Pseudogene; Rattus

Indexed keywords

HISTONE H2A;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 13; GENE DELETION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE CONVERSION; HISTONES; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; PHYLOGENY; PSEUDOGENES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE DELETION;

MUS; MUS MUSCULUS; MUSCULUS; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 0031938386     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00006312     Document Type: Article

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