Testing claims of gene conversion between multigene family members: Examples from echinoderm actin genes

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 138-139

  Drouin, Guy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Actin genes; Echinoderm; Gene conversion; Multigene families; Sea star; Sea urchin

Indexed keywords

ACTIN;

ARTICLE; ASTERIAS; ECHINODERM; GENE CONVERSION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SEA URCHIN; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0036132995     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00239-001-0026-9     Document Type: Article

References (5)

1. The sequence of a sea urchin muscle actin gene suggests a gene conversion with a cytoskeletal actin gene
2. Detecting and characterizing gene conversion events between multigene family members
3. Gene conversions may obscure actin gene family relationships