The evolution of an α-esterase pseudogene inactivated in the Drosophila melanogaster lineage

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 563-575

  Robin, G Charles De Q ^a,b,c   Russell, R J ^a   Cutler, D J ^c   Oakeshott, J G ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Drosophila; Esterase; Mutation rate; Pseudogene

Indexed keywords

ESTERASE;

ALLELE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA SIMULANS; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MUTATION RATE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PSEUDOGENE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ARACHNIDA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA SIMULANS; DROSOPHILA YAKUBA; HEXAPODA; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0034033777     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a026336     Document Type: Article

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