Adaptation shapes patterns of genome evolution on sexual and asexual chromosomes in Drosophila

Nature Genetics

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 215-219

  Bachtrog, Doris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SEX CHROMOSOME; X CHROMOSOME; Y CHROMOSOME;

ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GENES, INSECT; GENOME; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; MUTATION; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SELECTION (GENETICS); X CHROMOSOME; Y CHROMOSOME;

DROSOPHILA MIRANDA;

EID: 0037567638     PISSN: 10614036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ng1164     Document Type: Article

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