An X-linked gene with a degenerate Y-linked homologue in a dioecious plant

Nature

Volumn 393, Issue 6682, 1998, Pages 263-266

  Guttman, David S ^a   Charlesworth, Deborah ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GENE DELETION; NONHUMAN; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX LINKAGE; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM; X CHROMOSOME LINKAGE; Y CHROMOSOME;

ANGIOSPERMS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, PLANT; EVOLUTION; GENES, PLANT; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANT PROTEINS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE-STRANDED CONFORMATIONAL; X CHROMOSOME; Y CHROMOSOME;

EID: 0032554935     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/30492     Document Type: Article

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