Gene conversion drives the evolution of HINTW, an ampliconic gene on the female-specific avian W chromosome

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1992-1999

  Backström, Niclas ^a   Ceplitis, Helene ^a   Berlin, Sofia ^a   Ellegren, Hans ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Chicken; Concerted evolution; GC content; Gene conversion; Multicopy gene; Mutation rate; Sex chromosomes

Indexed keywords

NUCLEOTIDE;

ARTICLE; CHICKEN; CHROMOSOME; CHROMOSOME SUBSTITUTION; FOWL; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE CLUSTER; GENE CONVERSION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENOME; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PROBABILITY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; QUAIL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TURKEY (BIRD);

ANIMALS; BIRDS; CHICKENS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; COTURNIX; DNA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; EXONS; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE CONVERSION; INTRONS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TURKEYS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

AVES; GALLIFORMES; MAMMALIA; PHASIANIDAE;

EID: 24744446039     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msi198     Document Type: Article

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