On the evolution of Dopa decarboxylase (Ddc) and Drosophila systematics

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 445-462

  Tatarenkov, Andrey ^c   Kwiatowski, Jan ^a,c   Skarecky, Douglas ^c   Barrio, Eladio ^b,c   Ayala, Francisco J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chymomyza; Divergence; Dopa decarboxylase (Ddc); Drosophila; Scaptodrosophila; Scaptomyza; Zaprionus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CODON; DROSOPHILA; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EVOLUTION; GENE SEQUENCE; HYPOTHESIS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY;

CHYMOMYZA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA OBSCURA; DROSOPHILA WILLISTONI; SCAPTODROSOPHILA; SCAPTOMYZA; ZAPRIONUS;

EID: 0344182594     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00006489     Document Type: Article

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