Complex germline architecture: Two genes intertwined on two loci

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 4-6

  Kuo, Shiuhyang ^a   Chang, Wei Jen ^a   Landweber, Laura F ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ciliate; Hypotrich; Micronucleus; Scrambled gene; Spirotrich; Uroleptus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME; EVOLUTION; GENE CLUSTER; GENE LOCUS; GENOME; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CILIOPHORA; DNA PRIMERS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE COMPONENTS; GENES, PROTOZOAN; GENOMICS; MICRONUCLEUS, GERMLINE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEW JERSEY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

CILIOPHORA; PROTISTA; UROLEPTUS;

EID: 28944442178     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msj017     Document Type: Article

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