Intron length evolution in Drosophila

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 2203-2213

  Presgraves, Daven C ^a  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Deletion; Drosophila melanogaster; Drosophila simulans; Indel; Insertion; Intron

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA SIMULANS; DROSOPHILA YAKUBA; GENE DELETION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE INSERTION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; INTRON; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; POPULATION GENETICS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; X CHROMOSOME LINKAGE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DROSOPHILA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE FREQUENCY; GENES, X-LINKED; GENOME, INSECT; INTRONS; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; X CHROMOSOME;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA SIMULANS; DROSOPHILA YAKUBA;

EID: 33749583346     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msl094     Document Type: Article

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