Alignment and phylogenetic analysis of β-fibrinogen intron 7 sequences among avian orders reveal conserved regions within the intron

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 762-771

  Prychitko, Thomas M ^a   Moore, William S ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aves; Avian phylogeny; Bird; Conserved intron sequence; Fibrinogen intron; Intron alignment

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOGEN; FIBRINOGEN B BETA CHAIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BIRD; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; DNA DNA HYBRIDIZATION; GENE CLUSTER; GENE DELETION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; INTRON; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OWL; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

ANIMALS; BASE COMPOSITION; BASE SEQUENCE; BIRDS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FIBRINOGEN; INTRONS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ANATIDAE; AVES; CAPRIMULGIFORMES; COLUMBIFORMES; CORVIDA; GALLIFORMES; MAMMALIA; PASSERI; PASSERIDA; PASSERIFORMES; PICIFORMES; SERPENTES; STRIGIDAE; STRIGIFORMES; TYRANNI; TYTONIDAE;

EID: 0038370222     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msg080     Document Type: Article

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