Detecting natural selection on cis-regulatory DNA

Genetica

Volumn 129, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 7-18

  Hahn, Matthew W ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Binding site; cis regulatory; Natural selection; Neutrality; Positive selection; Promoter

Indexed keywords

SPACER DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; REGULATORY SEQUENCE;

ANIMALS; DNA, INTERGENIC; HUMANS; OPEN READING FRAMES; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; SELECTION (GENETICS); TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 33845599829     PISSN: 00166707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10709-006-0029-y     Document Type: Article

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