Compositional patterns in reptilian genomes

Gene

Volumn 295, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 323-329

  Hughes, Sandrine ^a,b   Clay, Oliver ^a   Bernardi, Giorgio ^a  

^a STAZIONE ZOOLOGICA ANTON DOHRN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

Analytical ultracentrifugation; Base composition; Compositional heterogeneity; Crocodile; Evolution; Snake; Turtle

Indexed keywords

CYTOSINE; DNA; GUANINE;

ALLIGATOR; AMPHIBIA; BIRD; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITY; DIFFUSION; FISH; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; LIZARD; MAMMAL; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPTILE; SNAKE; TURTLE; ULTRACENTRIFUGATION;

ANIMALS; BASE COMPOSITION; CESIUM; CHLORIDES; DNA; GENOME; REPTILES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; ULTRACENTRIFUGATION;

AMPHIBIA; AVES; CROCODYLIDAE (ALL CROCODILES); MAMMALIA; MURIDAE; PISCES; REPTILIA; SAUROPSIDA; SERPENTES; SPHENODON; SQUAMATA; TESTUDINES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0037036936     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(02)00732-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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