Elongation factor-1α occurs as two copies in bees: Implications for phylogenetic analysis of EF-1α sequences in insects

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 225-235

  Danforth, Bryan N ^a   Ji, Shuqing ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Elongation factor 1 ; Gene duplication; Insects; Intron exon evolution; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

ELONGATION FACTOR 1;

ARTICLE; BEE; EVOLUTION; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; INSECT; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY;

APIDAE; APIS; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; DIPTERA; DROSOPHILA; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA;

EID: 0031941350     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a025920     Document Type: Article

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