Genome size and metabolic intensity in tetrapods: A tale of two lines

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 273, Issue 1582, 2006, Pages 27-32

  Vinogradov, Alexander E ^a   Anatskaya, Olga V ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CYTOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

C value paradox; Ecophysiological genomics; Metabolic rate; Non coding DNA; Nuclear size; Nucleosome formation potential

Indexed keywords

DNA; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; GENOME; GENOMICS; METABOLISM; TETRAPOD; VERTEBRATE;

AMPHIBIA; ARTICLE; BIRD; CHROMATIN CONDENSATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENOME SIZE; HEART INDEX; MAMMAL; METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPTILE; VERTEBRATE; ANIMAL; CELL NUCLEUS; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; ERYTHROCYTE; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; GENOME; GENOMICS; HEART; HISTOLOGY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; AVES; MAMMALIA; REPTILIA; TETRAPODA; VERTEBRATA;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALS; BASE COMPOSITION; BIRDS; CELL NUCLEUS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ERYTHROCYTES; EVOLUTION; GENOME; GENOMICS; HEART; MAMMALS; REPTILES;

EID: 33644647380     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2005.3266     Document Type: Article

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