Rapid evolution and gene-specific patterns of selection for three genes of spermatogenesis in Drosophila

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 655-662

  Civetta, Alberto ^a   Rajakumar, Sujeetha A ^a,b,c   Brouwers, Barb ^a   Bacik, John P ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINNIPEG   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Drosophila; Population genetics; Selection; Spermatogenesis

Indexed keywords

ACID PROTEIN; AMINO ACID; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; LYSINE;

ARTICLE; CELL LINE; CELL MATURATION; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; DNA BINDING; DNA POLYMORPHISM; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA SIMULANS; EVOLUTIONARY DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; FEMALE; GAMETOGENESIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC TRAIT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GERM CELL; MALE; MITOSIS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NEUTRAL GENE THEORY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONTENT; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; SPERMATOGENESIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; MALE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SELECTION (GENETICS); SPERMATOGENESIS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA SIMULANS;

EID: 33244494690     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msj074     Document Type: Article

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