Evidence for male-driven evolution in Drosophila

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 617-619

  Bachtrog, Doris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Drosophila; Male driven evolution; Molecular evolution

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOSOME; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA SEQUENCE; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA MIRANDA; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; INTRON; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; TAXON; VERTEBRATE; X CHROMOSOME; Y CHROMOSOME;

ANIMALS; BASE PAIRING; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOMES; DROSOPHILA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; GENES, INSECT; INTRONS; MALE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

DROSOPHILA MIRANDA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 40849095972     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msn020     Document Type: Article

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