The evolution of single-copy Drosophila nuclear 4f-rnp genes: Spliceosomal intron losses create polymorphic alleles

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 401-413

  Feiber, Amy L ^a   Rangarajan, Janaki ^a   Vaughn, Jack C ^a  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

4f rnp gene; Drosophila; Intron evolution; Intron loss; Intron loss polymorphism; Spliceosomal intron

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; MESSENGER RNA;

4F RNP GENE; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; GENE; GENE CONVERSION; GENE LOCATION; GENE LOSS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; MALE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPLICEOSOME;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; INTRONS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RIBONUCLEOPROTEINS; SPLICEOSOMES; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ANISOPTERA (DRAGONFLIES); DIPTERA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILIDAE; INSECTA; MELANOGASTER; ODONATA;

EID: 0036787520     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00239-002-2336-y     Document Type: Article

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