The transcriptional consequences of mutation and natural selection in Caenorhabditis elegans

Nature Genetics

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 544-548

  Denver, Dee R ^a,e   Morris, Krystalynne ^b   Streelman, J Todd ^c   Kim, Stuart K ^d   Lynch, Michael ^a   Thomas, W Kelley ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^c GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTOME;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; EVOLUTION; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; NATURAL SELECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; MUTATION; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SELECTION (GENETICS); TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 18144405733     PISSN: 10614036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ng1554     Document Type: Article

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