Evidence for a high ancestral GC content in Drosophila

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 1710-1717

  Rodríguez Trelles, Francisco ^a,b   Tarrío, Rosa ^a   Ayala, Francisco J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Santiago de Compostela   (Spain)

Author keywords

Drosophila saltans group; Drosophila willistoni group; GC content; Mutation pressure; Relative rate test

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE; CYTOSINE; DNA; GUANINE; NUCLEOTIDE; RNA 28S; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; XANTHINE DEHYDROGENASE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; DNA SEQUENCE; DROSOPHILA; EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POINT MUTATION;

DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA SALTANS; DROSOPHILA WILLISTONI; SALTANS GROUP; SOPHOPHORA; WILLISTONI GROUP;

EID: 0033745105     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a026269     Document Type: Article

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