Neutral effect of recombination on base composition in Drosophila

Genetical Research

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 79-87

  Marais, Gabriel ^a   Mouchiroud, Dominique ^a   Duret, Laurent ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOSINE; GUANINE;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CODON; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; DNA CONTENT; DNA FLANKING REGION; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENETIC CORRELATION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; INTRON; NONHUMAN;

ANIMALS; BASE COMPOSITION; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC;

ARACHNIDA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HEXAPODA; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0037648944     PISSN: 00166723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0016672302006079     Document Type: Article

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