Substitution rates in the X- and Y-linked genes of the plants, Silene latifolia and S. dioica

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 898-907

  Filatov, Dmitry A ^a   Charlesworth, Deborah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Efficacy of selection; Mutation rates; Sex chromosomes

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME REPLICATION; CHROMOSOME SUBSTITUTION; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC SELECTION; LYCHNIS FLOSIJOVIS; MALE; MUTATION RATE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SEX CHROMOSOME; SILENE DIOICA; SILENE LATIFOLIA; SILENE VULGARIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; X CHROMOSOME LINKAGE; Y CHROMOSOME LINKAGE;

EMBRYOPHYTA; LYCHNIS; LYCHNIS FLOS-JOVIS; SILENE; SILENE DIOICA; SILENE LATIFOLIA; SILENE VULGARIS;

EID: 0036274194     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a004147     Document Type: Article

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