Sexual and temporal dynamics of molecular evolution in C. elegans development

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 178-188

  Cutter, Asher D ^a   Ward, Samuel ^a  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Caenorhabditis elegans; Evolution of aging; Evolutionary genomics; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GAMETE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC SELECTION; GENOME; LARVA; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; PHENOTYPE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEXUAL SELECTION; SPERMATOGENESIS;

AGING; ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CODON; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, HELMINTH; MALE; MUTATION; SELECTION (GENETICS); SEX DISTRIBUTION; SPERMATOGENESIS;

CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS BRIGGSAE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; INVERTEBRATA; NEMATODA;

EID: 10344229911     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msh267     Document Type: Article

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