Genome size and evolutionary diversification in vertebrates

Italian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 167-171

  Olmo, Ettore ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Evolvability; Genome size; Repetitive DNA; Species number; Vertebrates

Indexed keywords

DNA; GENOME; VERTEBRATE;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33748355339     PISSN: 11250003     EISSN: 17485851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11250000600680031     Document Type: Article

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