Comparison of Bombyx mori and Helicoverpa armigera cytoplasmic actin genes provides clues to the evolution of actin genes in insects

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 165-172

  Mangé, Alain ^a   Prudhomme, Jean Claude ^a  

^a CENTRE DE GÉNÉTIQUE MOLÉCULAIRE ET CELLULAIRE   (France)

Author keywords

Actin genes; Bombyx; Gene conversion; Gene evolution; Helicoverpa; Insect

Indexed keywords

ACTIN;

ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; GENE CLUSTER; GENE CONVERSION; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE INSERTION; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC CONSERVATION; INSECT; INTRON; NONHUMAN; PROMOTER REGION; TANDEM REPEAT;

BOMBYX; BOMBYX MORI; HELICOVERPA; HELICOVERPA ARMIGERA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA;

EID: 0033002455     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a026099     Document Type: Article

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