When less is more: Gene loss as an engine of evolutionary change

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 18-23

  Olson, Maynard V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERTILITY; GENE LOSS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC MODEL; GENETIC SELECTION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERTANT; REVIEW;

EID: 0033360995     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/302219     Document Type: Article

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