The evolutionary origin of an altruistic gene

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1460-1464

  Nedelcu, Aurora M ^a   Michod, Richard E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chlamydomonas reinhardtii; regA; Reproductive altruism; SAND; Sociality; Volvox carteri

Indexed keywords

ALGAL GENETICS; ARTICLE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GREEN ALGA; INSECT SOCIETY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; VOLVOX;

ALGAL PROTEINS; ALTRUISM; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; REPRODUCTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VOLVOX;

CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; CHLOROPHYTA; HEXAPODA; VOLVOX CARTERI;

EID: 33748031712     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msl016     Document Type: Article

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