Eukaryotic non-coding DNA is functional: Evidence from the differential scaling of cryptomonad genomes

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 266, Issue 1433, 1999, Pages 2053-2059

  Beaton, Margaret J ^a,b   Cavalier Smith, Thomas ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b MOUNT ALLISON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

C value paradox; Cryptomonads; DNA content; Nuclei; Nucleomorphs; Skeletal DNA

Indexed keywords

CELL NUCLEUS DNA;

ARTICLE; CELL SIZE; CELL VOLUME; CHIMERA; DNA CONTENT; EUKARYOTE; GENOME; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CHIMAERIFORMES; CRYPTOPHYTA; EUKARYOTA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0033595715     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.1999.0886     Document Type: Article

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