Intron size and exon evolution in Drosophila

Genetics

Volumn 170, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 481-485

  Marais, Gabriel ^a,b   Nouvellet, Pierre ^a,c   Keightley, Peter D ^a   Charlesworth, Brian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CODON; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EXON; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOME; INTRON; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; EXONS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, REGULATOR; INTRONS; MUTATION; PROTEINS; SELECTION (GENETICS);

EID: 20444371957     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1534/genetics.104.037333     Document Type: Article

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