A mutation accumulation assay reveals a broad capacity for rapid evolution of gene expression

Nature

Volumn 438, Issue 7065, 2005, Pages 220-223

  Rifkin, Scott A ^a,b,e   Houle, David ^c   Kim, Junhyong ^d   White, Kevin P ^a,b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^e HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; BIODIVERSITY; MICROORGANISMS; MUTAGENESIS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

ENVIRONMENTAL VARIANCE; METAMORPHOSIS; MUTATION;

GENES;

EVOLUTION; GENE EXPRESSION; MUTATION;

ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DROSOPHILA; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENOME; METAMORPHOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER;

EID: 27744499137     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature04114     Document Type: Article

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