Extensive changes in the locations and sequence content of developmentally deleted DNA between Tetrahymena thermophila and its closest relative, T. malaccensis

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 73-82

  Huvos, Piroska E ^a,b  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Evolutionary deletion; Evolutionary insertion; Genome comparison; Macronucleus; Micronucleus; Transposon

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL DNA;

CILIATE; DNA; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOMICS; MUTATION; RELATEDNESS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; GENE DELETION; GENETICS; GERMLINE MICRONUCLEUS; MACRONUCLEUS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; TETRAHYMENA; TETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA; TRANSPOSON;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; MACRONUCLEUS; MICRONUCLEUS, GERMLINE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE DELETION; TETRAHYMENA; TETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA;

TETRAHYMENA; TETRAHYMENA MALACCENSIS; TETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA;

EID: 33846602837     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: 15507408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.2006.00148.x     Document Type: Article

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