Minisatellite variation in a single-copy nuclear gene: Phylogenetic assessment of repeat length homoplasy and mutational mechanism [1]

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1406-1409

  Olsen, Kenneth M ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gene tree; Glyceraldehyde 3 phosphate dehydrogenase (G3pdh); Homoplasy; Interallelic recombination; Manihot esculenta; Minisatellite evolution; VNTRs

Indexed keywords

GLYCERALDEHYDE 3 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; SATELLITE DNA;

ALLELE; DNA REPLICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; HAPLOTYPE; LETTER; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PLANT;

MANIHOT ESCULENTA;

EID: 0032874015     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a026050     Document Type: Letter

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