Inference of Positive and Negative Selection on the 5′ Regulatory Regions of Drosophila Genes

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 374-383

  Kohn, Michael H ^a   Fang, Shu ^a,b   Wu, Chung I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF CELLULAR AND ORGANISMIC BIOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Accessory gland; Acp genes; Molecular evolution; Promoter; Selection

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; DNA; PROTEIN; TRANSFER RNA;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA SIMULANS; EVOLUTION; GENE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

5' FLANKING REGION; ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; GENES, INSECT; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; SELECTION (GENETICS);

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA SIMULANS; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 1542347028     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msh026     Document Type: Article

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