Reptiles: A group of transition in the evolution of genome size and of the nucleotypic effect

Cytogenetic and Genome Research

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 166-171

  Olmo, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOSINE; DNA; GUANINE;

ALLIGATOR; AMPHIBIA; ARTICLE; BIRD; BODY TEMPERATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEVELOPMENT; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; GENE DELETION; GENE INSERTION; GENE LOSS; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC LINE; GENETIC PARAMETERS; GENOME; GENOME SIZE; HYPOTHESIS; LIZARD; MAMMAL; METABOLIC RATE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MORPHOLOGY; NATURAL SELECTION; NONHUMAN; ORDO; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE GENETICS; REPTILE; SNAKE; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; TURTLE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GC RICH SEQUENCE; GENOME; LONGEVITY; PHENOTYPE; REPTILES; VARIATION (GENETICS);

AMNIOTA; AMPHIBIA; AVES; MAMMALIA; REPTILIA;

EID: 0345017695     PISSN: 14248581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000074174     Document Type: Article

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