Adaptive evolution of non-coding DNA in Drosophila

Nature

Volumn 437, Issue 7062, 2005, Pages 1149-1152

  Andolfatto, Peter ^a  

^a University of California San Diego   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENES; PROTEINS; RNA;

DROSOPHILA; EUKARYOTIC GENOMES; MCDONALD-KREITMAN TEST; UNTRANSLATED PORTIONS OF MATURE MRNAS (UTRS);

DNA;

DNA;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA STRUCTURE; DROSOPHILA; EVOLUTION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; UNTRANSLATED REGION;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 27144491328     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature04107     Document Type: Article

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