Strong purifying selection on the Odysseus gene in two clades of sibling species of the Drosophila montium species subgroup

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 659-662

  Wen, Shuo Yang ^a   Shimada, Kimio ^b   Kawai, Kuniko ^b   Toda, Masanori J ^b  

^a SOUTH CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Drosophila kikkawai; Drosophila lini; Drosophila montium; Ka Ks; Odysseus; Purifying selection; unc 4

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GENOMIC DNA;

ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA; GENE; GENE DUPLICATION; GENETIC SELECTION; MALE STERILITY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ODSH GENE; ODYSSEUS GENE; REPRODUCTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; UNC 4 GENE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA; GENES, INSECT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SELECTION (GENETICS); SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

DROSOPHILA KIKKAWAI; DROSOPHILA LINI; DROSOPHILA MONTIUM; DROSOPHILA SIMULANS;

EID: 33745656410     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00239-005-0101-8     Document Type: Article

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