Positive natural selection has driven the evolution of the Hsp70s in Diguetia spiders

Biology Letters

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 439-444

  Starrett, James ^a,b   Waters, Elizabeth R ^a  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Hsp70; Molecular evolution; Positive selection

Indexed keywords

HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 70;

DESERT; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; NATURAL SELECTION; PROTEIN; SPIDER; TEMPERATURE TOLERANCE;

ARTICLE; DESERT; DIGUETIA; HEAT TOLERANCE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NATURAL SELECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SPIDER; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DESERT CLIMATE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; HEAT; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

ARANEAE; DIGUETIA; DIGUETIDAE; PHOLCIDAE; PLECTREURIDAE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; DESERT CLIMATE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HEAT; HSP70 HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; PHYLOGENY; SELECTION (GENETICS); SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPIDERS;

EID: 35248848364     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2007.0159     Document Type: Article

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