A molecular study of abdominal-A in the ant Myrmica rubra reveals lineage dependant evolutionary rates for a developmental gene

Insect Molecular Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 513-521

  Niculita, H ^a   Julien, J F ^a   Petrochilo, E ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Abdominal A; Formicidae (Hymenoptera); Hox genes; Molecular evolution

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL A LOCUS; ABDOMINAL A PROTEIN; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; INSECT GENETICS; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PROTEIN DOMAIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; INSECT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

COLEOPTERA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; MELANOGASTER; MYRMICA RUBRA; TRIBOLIUM CASTANEUM;

EID: 0034782282     PISSN: 09621075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0962-1075.2001.00291.x     Document Type: Article

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