Comparative genomic analysis of fungal genomes reveals intron-rich ancestors

Genome Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2007, Pages

  Stajich, Jason E ^a,b   Dietrich, Fred S ^a   Roy, Scott W ^a,c  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CLADISTICS; COMPARATIVE GENE MAPPING; EUKARYOTE; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL STRAIN; GENE LOSS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOME ANALYSIS; INTRON; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; ORTHOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PREDICTION; BAYES THEOREM; BIOLOGY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; GENOME; GENOMICS; METHODOLOGY; SPLICEOSOME;

ANIMALIA; EUKARYOTA; FUNGI;

BAYES THEOREM; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENOME, FUNGAL; GENOMICS; INTRONS; PHYLOGENY; SELECTION (GENETICS); SPLICEOSOMES;

EID: 42949174108     PISSN: 14747596     EISSN: 1474760X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/gb-2007-8-10-r223     Document Type: Article

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