Selection on Codon Usage in Drosophila americana

Current Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 150-154

  Maside, Xulio ^a   Lee, Angela Weishan ^a   Charlesworth, Brian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; DROSOPHILA AMERICANA; NES; VIRILIS GROUP;

EID: 1142302213     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2003.12.055     Document Type: Article

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