Molecular evolution of the Opaque-2 gene in Zea mays L.

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 551-558

  Henry, Anne Marie ^a,b   Manicacci, Domenica ^b   Falque, Matthieu ^b   Damerval, Catherine ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE PERPIGNAN   (France)

^b INRA Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique   (France)

Author keywords

Domestication; Maize; Modular evolution; Opaque 2; Teosinte

Indexed keywords

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ARTICLE; DOMESTICATION; GENE; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INSERTION; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MAIZE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPAQUE 2 GENE; SPECIES CULTIVATION;

ALLELES; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENES, PLANT; GENOME, PLANT; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; PLANT PROTEINS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SELECTION (GENETICS); SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; ZEA MAYS;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 26244463340     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00239-005-0003-9     Document Type: Article

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