Molecular basis of the size polymorphism of the first intron of the Adh-1 gene of the Mediterranean fruit fly, Ceratitis capitata

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 732-742

  Gomulski, Ludvik M ^a   Brogna, Saverio ^b,f   Babaratsas, Alekos ^b   Gasperi, Giuliano ^a   Zacharopoulou, Antigoni ^c   Savakis, Charalambos ^b,d   Bourtzis, Kostas ^b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^e UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alcohol dehydrogenase gene; Ceratitis capitata; Intron evolution; Mariner; Medfly

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE; ISOENZYME;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE ISOLATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; INTRON; MEDITERRANEAN FRUIT FLY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE; ANIMALS; BASE COMPOSITION; BASE SEQUENCE; CERATITIS CAPITATA; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; GENE DUPLICATION; INSECT PROTEINS; INTRONS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ARACHNIDA; CAPITATA; CERATITIS; CERATITIS CAPITATA; CERATITIS ROSA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HEXAPODA; ROSA;

EID: 2942632782     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00239-004-2596-9     Document Type: Article

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