Local changes in GC/AT substitution biases and in crossover frequencies on Drosophila chromosomes

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 606-619

  Takano Shimizu, Toshiyuki ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENETICS   (Japan)

Author keywords

Crossover frequencies; Drosophila; GC AT substitution bias; Mutation pressure; Telomeric region

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME SIZE; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; CROSSING OVER; DROSOPHILA; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA ERECTA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA ORENA; DROSOPHILA YAKUBA; MARTES ZIBELLINA; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0035058768     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a003841     Document Type: Article

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