Large-scale intron conservation and order-of-magnitude variation in intron loss/gain rates in apicomplexan evolution

Genome Research

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1270-1275

  Roy, Scott William ^a   Penny, David ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE;

ARTICLE; DNA FLANKING REGION; EVOLUTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; INTRON; MALARIA; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORTHOLOGY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM YOELII; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THEILERIA PARVA; TRANSPOSON;

ANIMALS; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENES, PROTOZOAN; GENETIC VARIATION; INTRONS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; THEILERIA; VARIATION (GENETICS);

APICOMPLEXA; EUKARYOTA; MYA; PLASMODIUM (APICOMPLEXA); PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM YOELII; THEILERIA; THEILERIA ANNULATA; THEILERIA PARVA;

EID: 33749377870     PISSN: 10889051     EISSN: 15495469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gr.5410606     Document Type: Article

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