Natural selection promotes the conservation of linkage of co-expressed genes

Trends in Genetics

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 604-606

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

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CHROMOSOMAL LOCALIZATION; CODON; DNA MICROARRAY; EUKARYOTE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE ORDER; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC SELECTION; NATURAL SELECTION; NONHUMAN; ORTHOLOGY; PLANT EVOLUTION; PLANT GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SHORT SURVEY; SPECIES COMPARISON;

CANDIDA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; LINKAGE (GENETICS); SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SELECTION (GENETICS); SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SYNTENY;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; EUKARYOTA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0036890388     PISSN: 01689525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-9525(02)02813-5     Document Type: Short Survey

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