Phylogeny and substitution rates of angiosperm actin genes

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1198-1212

  Moniz De Sá, Mário ^a,b   Drouin, Guy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

actin; Arabidopsis; gene conversion; maize; potato; rice; soybean; substitution rates; tobacco; tomato

Indexed keywords

ACTIN;

ARTICLE; GENE CONVERSION; GENE DUPLICATION; MAIZE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; PHYLOGENY; PLANT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POTATO; SOYBEAN; TOBACCO; TOMATO;

ARABIDOPSIS; DICOTYLEDONEAE; GLYCINE MAX; LILIOPSIDA; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; MAMMALIA; NICOTIANA TABACUM; SOLANACEAE; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 10344262074     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a025685     Document Type: Article

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