Deletion Bias in Avian Introns over Evolutionary Timescales

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 599-602

  Johnson, Kevin P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Deletion bias; Evolution; Introns

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; DOVE; GENE DELETION; GENE INSERTION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETIC SELECTION; GENOME; INTRON; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PIGEON;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FIBRINOGEN; INTRONS; MUTATION; PHYLOGENY; SELECTION (GENETICS); SEQUENCE DELETION;

AVES; COLUMBA; COLUMBIFORMES; INSERTION SEQUENCES;

EID: 1542614593     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msh051     Document Type: Article

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