Potentials and limitations of histone repeat sequences for phylogenetic reconstruction of Sophophora

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1511-1520

  Baldo, Angela M ^b   Les, Donald H ^b   Strausbaugh, Linda D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Drosophila; Molecular evolution; Promoter; Systematics

Indexed keywords

HISTONE;

ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; INVERTEBRATE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; TANDEM REPEAT;

EID: 0032738259     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a026063     Document Type: Article

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