Evolutionary change in the functional specificity of genes

Trends in Genetics

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 197-202

  Eizinger, Andreas ^a   Jungblut, Benno ^a   Sommer, Ralf J ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; HOUSEKEEPING GENE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATOR GENE; REVIEW; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, HELMINTH; GENES, HOMEOBOX; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MODELS, GENETIC; MUTATION; SECERNENTEA;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; NEMATODA; PRISTIONCHUS PACIFICUS;

EID: 0032942822     PISSN: 01689525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-9525(99)01728-X     Document Type: Review

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