Evidence for recurrent paralogous gene conversion and exceptional allelic divergence in the Attacin genes of Drosophila melanogaster

Genetics

Volumn 159, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 659-671

  Lazzaro, B P ^a   Clark, A G ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTACIN; GENE PRODUCT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLELISM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEMALE; GENE CONVERSION; GENE DELETION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HAPLOTYPE; HETEROZYGOSITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ALLELES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; GENE CONVERSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; INSECT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 0034754553     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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