Evidence for co-evolution of gene order and recombination rate

Nature Genetics

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 392-395

  Pál, Csaba ^a,b   Hurst, Laurence D ^a  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^b EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; COEVOLUTION; DIPLOIDY; ESSENTIAL GENE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE DELETION; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE ORDER; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; HAPLOIDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SYNTENY;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; EVOLUTION; GENE ORDER; GENES, FUNGAL; MODELS, GENETIC; MULTIGENE FAMILY; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SELECTION (GENETICS);

CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; EUKARYOTA; SACCHAROMYCES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0037371689     PISSN: 10614036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ng1111     Document Type: Article

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