Contrasting levels of nucleotide diversity on the avian Z and W sex chromosomes

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 2010-2016

  Montell, Hannah ^a   Fridolfsson, Anna Karin ^a   Ellegren, Hans ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Background selection; Germ line; Male bias; Mutation; Selective sweep; Sex chromosomes

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRD; FOWL; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GERM LINE; INTRON; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SEX CHROMOSOME;

AVES; GALLIFORMES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0034749005     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a003742     Document Type: Article

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