Evolution of noncoding and silent coding sites in the Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium reichenowi genomes

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1621-1626

  Neafsey, Daniel E ^a,c   Hartl, Daniel L ^a   Berriman, Matt ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c BROAD INSTITUTE OF MIT AND HARVARD   (United States)

Author keywords

Divergence; Introns; Malaria; Noncoding; Plasmodium; Reichenowi

Indexed keywords

SPACER DNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CPG ISLAND; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME; HYPOTHESIS; INTRON; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM REICHENOWI; PRIMATE; PROTOZOAL GENETICS;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA, INTERGENIC; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENES, INSECT; GENOME; MUTAGENESIS; PHYLOGENY; PLASMODIUM; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM REICHENOWI; PRIMATES;

EID: 20444376117     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msi154     Document Type: Article

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