Analysis of the phylogenetic distribution of isochores in vertebrates and a test of the thermal stability hypothesis

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 356-363

  Belle, Elise M S ^a   Smith, Nick ^b   Eyre Walker, Adam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Compositional patterns; Genome evolution; Isochores; Natural selection; Thermal stability; Vertebrates

Indexed keywords

GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE; PYRIMIDINE NUCLEOTIDE;

AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CHROMOSOME; CODON; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; ISOCHORE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN STABILITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; THERMOSTABILITY; VERTEBRATE; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; EVOLUTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; THERMOREGULATION; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMAL; BASE COMPOSITION; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; EVOLUTION; HUMAN; ISOCHORES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHYLOGENY; VARIATION (GENETICS); VERTEBRATES; ZEBRAFISH; ANIMALS; HUMANS;

DANIO; DANIO RERIO; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0037008845     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00239-002-2333-1     Document Type: Article

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