Is small indel bias a determinant of genome size?

Trends in Genetics

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 485-488

  Gregory, T Ryan ^a  

^a DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

CALCULATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE MUTATION; GENOME SIZE; MAMMAL; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW;

EUKARYOTA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0041828230     PISSN: 01689525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-9525(03)00192-6     Document Type: Article

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