Non-Mendelian inheritance of paralogs of 2 cytoskeletal genes in the ciliate Chilodonella uncinata

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 2495-2503

  Robinson, T ^a   Katz, L A ^a,b  

^a SMITH COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Ciliophora; Epigenetics; Genome evolution; Microbial evolution; Paralogous genus

Indexed keywords

BETA TUBULIN; RIBOSOME DNA;

ARTICLE; CHILODONELLA UNCINATA; CILIATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIGENETICS; GENOMICS; GERM LINE; INHERITANCE; MICRONUCLEUS; NONHUMAN; PARALOGY; PHENOTYPE; RNA INTERFERENCE;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; CILIOPHORA; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; GENES, PROTOZOAN; GENOME, PROTOZOAN; INHERITANCE PATTERNS; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA INTERFERENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TUBULIN;

ANIMALIA; CHILODONELLA UNCINATA; CILIOPHORA;

EID: 35848945928     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msm203     Document Type: Article

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