DNA variability and divergence at the Notch locus in Drosophila melanogaster and D. simulans: A case of accelerated synonymous site divergence

Genetics

Volumn 167, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 171-185

  DuMont, Vanessa Bauer ^a   Fay, Justin C ^a,b   Calabrese, Peter P ^a,c   Aquadro, Charles F ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; NOTCH RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; CODON; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA SIMULANS; EVOLUTION; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; X CHROMOSOME;

ANIMALS; CELL LINEAGE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; DNA; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MODELS, GENETIC; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RECEPTORS, NOTCH; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ARACHNIDA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA SIMULANS; HEXAPODA; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 1842570367     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1534/genetics.167.1.171     Document Type: Article

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