The RAG-1 exon in the avian order Caprimulgiformes: Phylogeny, heterozygosity, and base composition

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 238-248

  Barrowclough, George F ^a   Groth, Jeff G ^a   Mertz, Lisa A ^a  

^a DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aegothelidae; Apodiformes; Base composition; Biogeography; Caprimulgidae; Caprimulgiformes; Heterozygosity; Phylogeny; RAG 1

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; EXON; GENE; GENETICS; HETEROZYGOTE; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; BASE COMPOSITION; BIRDS; EXONS; GENES, RAG-1; HETEROZYGOTE; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

AEGOTHELIDAE; APODIFORMES; AVES; CAPRIMULGIDAE; CAPRIMULGIFORMES; CAPRIMULGUS; EUROSTOPODUS; PODARGIDAE; TROCHILIDAE;

EID: 33748135930     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: 10959513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2006.05.013     Document Type: Article

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