Evolution of genome size: New approaches to an old problem

Trends in Genetics

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 23-28

  Petrov, Dmitri A ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

CONTROLLED STUDY; EUKARYOTE; GENE DELETION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE INSERTION; GENE MUTATION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOIDY; LONG TERMINAL REPEAT; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TRANSPOSON;

DNA; EUKARYOTIC CELLS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENOME;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0035058360     PISSN: 01689525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-9525(00)02157-0     Document Type: Review

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