Cell size does not always correspond to genome size: Phylogenetic analysis in geckos questions optimal DNA theories of genome size evolution

Zoology

Volumn 111, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 377-384

  Starostová, Zuzana ^a   Kratochvíl, Lukáš ^a   Flajšhans, Martin ^b,c  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^c INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL PHYSIOLOGY AND GENETICS   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

C value; Eublepharidae; Genome complexity; Lizards; Mutation pressure theory

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL SIZE; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENETICS; GENOME; LIZARD; MALE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY;

ANIMALS; CELL SIZE; DNA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENOME; LIZARDS; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; PHYLOGENY;

EUBLEPHARIDAE; GEKKONIDAE; SQUAMATA;

EID: 46949110879     PISSN: 09442006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.zool.2007.10.005     Document Type: Article

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