Adaptive evolution at the molecular level of the duplicated Amy gene system in Drosophila

Journal of Genetics

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 125-137

  Inomata, Nobuyuki ^a   Yamazaki, Tsuneyuki ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adaptive evolution; Amylase; Drosophila; Duplicated genes

Indexed keywords

EID: 21444438169     PISSN: 00221333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02931756     Document Type: Article

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