Warm-blooded isochore structure in Nile crocodile and turtle

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1521-1527

  Hughes, Sandrine ^a   Zelus, Dominique ^b   Mouchiroud, Dominique ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

Crocodylus niloticus; Homeothermy; Isochore evolution; Relative rates; Reptilian genome; Trachemys scripta elegans

Indexed keywords

ALLIGATOR; AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; FISH; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOME; HYPOTHESIS; MAMMAL; MARKER GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; TURTLE; ULTRACENTRIFUGATION;

EID: 0032736988     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a026064     Document Type: Article

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