Rooting a phylogeny with homologous genes on opposite sex chromosomes (gametologs): A case study using avian CHD

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 1826-1832

  Garcia Moreno, Jaime ^a,b   Mindell, David P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Avian phylogeny; Chromo helicase DNA binding gene; Gametolog; Homology; Phylogeny rooting; Sex chromosome evolution

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRD; EVOLUTION; GENE SEQUENCE; NOMENCLATURE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SEX CHROMOSOME; TAXONOMY;

EID: 0033635879     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a026283     Document Type: Article

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