Molecular genetics of natural populations

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 883-886

  Greenberg, Anthony J ^a   Wu, Chung I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Gene replacement; Population genetics; Speciation

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ADAPTATION; ALLELE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DESATURASE2 GENE; DNA POLYMORPHISM; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC MANIPULATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NATURAL POPULATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ODYSSEUS GENE; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION GENETICS; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; EVOLUTION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOMICS; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; EVOLUTION; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOMICS; HUMANS; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI;

EID: 33646577796     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msj077     Document Type: Conference Paper

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