A genomic schism in birds revealed by phylogenetic analysis of DNA strings

Systematic Biology

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 599-613

  Edwards, Scott V ^a   Fertil, Bernard ^b   Giron, Alain ^b   Deschavanne, Patrick J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Bioinformatics; CpG island; Genomics; Isochore; Ratite

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; GENOME; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BIRDS; DNA; GENOME; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ALLIGATOR; ANIMALIA; AVES; PALAEOGNATHAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036700153     PISSN: 10635157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10635150290102285     Document Type: Article

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