Early evolution of histone genes: Prevalence of an 'orphon' h1 lineage in protostomes and birth-and-death process in the H2A family

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 505-518

  González Romero, Rodrigo ^a   Ausió, Juan ^b   Méndez, Josefina ^a   Eirín López, José M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF A CORUÑA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Birth and death; Chromatin; Histones; Long term evolution; Molluscs

Indexed keywords

H2 ANTIGEN; HISTONE;

ARTICLE; EUKARYOTIC CELL; GENE CONVERSION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POINT MUTATION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BIVALVIA; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HISTONES; INVERTEBRATES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID;

BIVALVIA; DEUTEROSTOMIA; EUKARYOTA; MOLLUSCA; PROTOSTOMIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 44249091104     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00239-008-9109-1     Document Type: Article

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