Synonymous and nonsynonymous substitution rates in diatoms: A comparison between chloroplast and nuclear genes

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 209-212

  Sorhannus, Ulf ^a   Fox, Martin ^a  

^a EDINBORO UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chloroplast; Codon usage bias; Diatom; Divergence time; Nonsynonymous substitution rate; Nucleus; Protein coding gene; Synonymous substitution rate

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CHLOROPLAST; CODON; DIATOM; EVOLUTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOME; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANT;

CELL NUCLEUS; CHLOROPLASTS; DIATOMS; DNA, PLANT; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENES, PLANT;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; EMBRYOPHYTA; EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0032924868     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00006459     Document Type: Article

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