Fast accumulation of nonsynonymous mutations on the female-specific W chromosome in birds

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 66-72

  Berlin, Sofia ^a,b   Ellegren, Hans ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Birds; Deleterious mutations; Maximum likelihood dN dS; Nonrecombining chromosome; W chromosome

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRD; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CHROMOSOME MUTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEX CHROMOSOME;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; CHICKENS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MICE; MUTATION; SEX CHROMOSOMES; TIME FACTORS; TURKEYS;

AVES;

EID: 31844440056     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00239-005-0067-6     Document Type: Article

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