The origins of eukaryotic gene structure

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 450-468

  Lynch, Michael ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Complexity; Gene networks; Gene regulation; Gene structure; Genetic draft; Genome evolution; Introns; Modularity; Mutation; Natural selection; Pleiotropy; Population size; Random genetic drift; Recombination; Subfunctionalization; Transcription factors; UTR

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; EUKARYOTE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENOMICS; INTRON; MUTATION RATE; NATURAL SELECTION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; POPULATION GENETICS; PROKARYOTE; RNA SEQUENCE; RNA SPLICING; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; UNTRANSLATED REGION;

ANIMALS; EUKARYOTIC CELLS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENOME; HUMANS; MUTATION; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; RNA SPLICING; RNA, MESSENGER; SELECTION (GENETICS);

EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 30744475434     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msj050     Document Type: Article

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