Homologya personal view on some of the problems

Trends in Genetics

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 227-231

  Fitch, Walter M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

DNA STRUCTURE; GENE CONVERSION; GENE LOSS; NOMENCLATURE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; ALLELE; ANIMAL; GENE; GENE DUPLICATION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETICS; LOGIC; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; TANDEM REPEAT;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; GENE DUPLICATION; GENES; GENETICS; LOGIC; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; TANDEM REPEAT SEQUENCES; TERMINOLOGY;

EID: 0034178257     PISSN: 01689525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-9525(00)02005-9     Document Type: Review

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