Genome evolution and developmental constraint in Caenorhabditis elegans

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 728-735

  Castillo Davis, Cristian I ^a   Hartl, Daniel L ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Comparative genomics; Developmental constraint; Gene duplication; Gene expression; Genome evolution; Microarray analysis; Molecular evolution

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CODON; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOME; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; PSEUDOGENE;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS BRIGGSAE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036098278     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a004131     Document Type: Article

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