Evolution of nucleotide substitutions and gene regulation in the amylase multigenes in Drosophila kikkawai and its sibling species

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 601-615

  Inomata, Nobuyuki ^a   Yamazaki, Tsuneyuki ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adaptive evolution; Amylase (Amy) gene; Codon bias; Drosophila; Gene duplication; Gene expression

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE; ISOENZYME;

ARTICLE; CODON; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; DNA FLANKING REGION; DROSOPHILA; GENE CONTROL; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY;

ARACHNIDA; DROSOPHILA BOCKI; DROSOPHILA KIKKAWAI; DROSOPHILA LEONTIA; DROSOPHILA LINI; HEXAPODA;

EID: 0034035023     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a026339     Document Type: Article

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