Molecular evolution of the Est-6 gene in Drosophila melanogaster: Contrasting patterns of DNA variability in adjacent functional regions

Gene

Volumn 288, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 167-177

  Balakirev, Evgeniy S ^a,b,c   Balakirev, Elena I ^a   Ayala, Francisco J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF MARINE BIOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^c FAR EASTERN FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

DNA polymorphism; Drosophila melanogaster; Esterase 6; Linkage disequilibrium; Multi locus selection

Indexed keywords

DNA; ESTERASE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FLANKING REGION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA SIMULANS; GENE INTERACTION; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CARBOXYLESTERASE; CARBOXYLIC ESTER HYDROLASES; DNA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HAPLOTYPES; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; TIME FACTORS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA SIMULANS; GENETTA; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0037123374     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(02)00477-8     Document Type: Article

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