Disparate evolution of paralogous introns in the Xdh gene of Drosophila

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 123-130

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Drosophila; Intron exon evolution; Substitution rate heterogeneity; Within gene nonuniform mutation pattern; Xanthine dehydrogenase

Indexed keywords

XANTHINE DEHYDROGENASE;

ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA; GENE MUTATION; INTRON; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN STABILITY;

ARACHNIDA; DROSOPHILA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 0033921287     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002399910014     Document Type: Article

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