Variation in constraint versus positive selection as an explanation for evolutionary rate variation among anthocyanin genes

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 137-144

  Rausher, Mark D ^a   Lu, Yingqing ^b   Meyer, Kyle ^a,c  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthocyanin pathway; Evolutionary constraint; Evolutionary rate variation; Ipomoea; Positive selection

Indexed keywords

ANTHOCYANIN; ENZYME;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; EVOLUTIONARY RATE; EXPECTATION; GENE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; IPOMOEA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE;

ANTHOCYANINS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR;

IPOMOEA;

EID: 50249179634     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00239-008-9105-5     Document Type: Article

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