Molecular evolution of the period gene in sandflies

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 553-562

  Mazzoni, C J ^a   Gomes, C A ^a   Souza, N A ^a   Queiroz, R G ^b   Justiniano, S C B ^b   Ward, R D ^c   Kyriacou, C P ^d   Peixoto, A A ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

^c KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Leishmaniasis; Lutzomyia; Period gene; Sandflies; Substitution rates

Indexed keywords

GLYCINE; THREONINE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FLANKING REGION; DROSOPHILA; GENE; GENE LOCATION; GENUS; MOLECULAR CLOCK; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MORPHOLOGY; NEOTROPICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARSIMONY ANALYSIS; PERIOD GENE; PHLEBOTOMUS; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES COMPARISON;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; DNA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENES, INSECT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PHYLOGENY; PSYCHODIDAE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID;

ARACHNIDA; DIPTERA; HEXAPODA; LUTZOMYIA MIGONEI; MIGONEI GROUP; NYSSOMYIA; PHLEBOTOMINAE; PSYCHODIDAE;

EID: 0036841441     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00239-002-2351-z     Document Type: Article

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