Gene duplication and gene conversion in the Caenorhabditis elegans genome

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 555-564

  Semple, Colin ^a,b   Wolfe, Kenneth H ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Caenorhabditis elegans; Duplication; Gene conversion

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE CONVERSION; GENE DELETION; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENOME; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DNA, HELMINTH; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE CONVERSION; GENE DUPLICATION; GENES, HELMINTH; GENOME;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032953158     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00006498     Document Type: Article

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