Low variability in a Y-linked plant gene and its implications for Y- chromosome evolution

Nature

Volumn 404, Issue 6776, 2000, Pages 388-390

  Filatov, Dmitry A ^a   Monéger, Françoise ^b   Negrutlu, Ioan ^b   Charlesworth, Deborah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DNA POLYMORPHISM; EVOLUTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MUTATION; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; Y CHROMOSOME;

ANIMALS; DNA, PLANT; EVOLUTION; GENES, PLANT; HUMANS; PHYLOGENY; VARIATION (GENETICS); Y CHROMOSOME;

EMBRYOPHYTA; PROKARYOTA; SILENE LATIFOLIA; STRAWBERRY LETHAL YELLOWS PHYTOPLASMA;

EID: 0342424207     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/35006057     Document Type: Article

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