Do essential genes evolve slowly?

Current Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 14, 1999, Pages 747-750

  Hurst, Laurence D ^a   Smith, Nick G C ^a  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERTILITY; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; INFERTILITY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOUSE; PHENOTYPE; RAT;

RODENTIA;

EID: 0033565762     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-9822(99)80334-0     Document Type: Article

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