Clustering of tissue-specific genes underlies much of the similarity in rates of protein evolution of linked genes

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 511-518

  Williams, Elizabeth J B ^a   Hurst, Laurence D ^a  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Expression patterns; Linkage; MHC; Rate of evolution

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENOME; IMMUNE SYSTEM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; TISSUE SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE ORDER; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MICE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; ORGAN SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0036218716     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00239-001-0043-8     Document Type: Article

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