Proper control of genetic background with precise allele substitution: A comment on Coyne and Elwyn

Evolution

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 623-625

  Greenberg, Anthony J ^a   Moran, Jennifer R ^a   Wu, Chung I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Desaturase 2; Gene replacement; Genetic background; Speciation

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ALLELE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FLY; GENETIC VARIATION; MUTATION; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY); TOLERANCE;

ACYL COENZYME A DESATURASE; DESAT2 PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; COLD; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE TARGETING; GENETICS; HUMAN; MALE; NOTE; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; COLD; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; FATTY ACID DESATURASES; GENE TARGETING; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 33646914468     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1554/05-173.1     Document Type: Review

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