Evolutionary change of codon usage for the histone gene family in Drosophila melanogaster and Drosophila hydei

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 283-291

  Matsuo, Yoshinori ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Drosophila hydei; Drosophila melanogaster; Genomic codon bias; Histone 3 gene; Histone 4 gene; Multigene family

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; DROSOPHILA HYDEI; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0034078001     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/mpev.1999.0749     Document Type: Article

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