Three tiers of genome evolution in reptiles

Integrative and Comparative Biology

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 494-504

  Organ, Chris L ^a   Moreno, Ricardo Godnez ^a   Edwards, Scott V ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLIGATOR; ALLIGATOR MISSISSIPPIENSIS; AVES; GALLUS; MAMMALIA; REPTILIA; SPHENODON; SPHENODON PUNCTATUS;

EID: 53549111062     PISSN: 15407063     EISSN: 15577023     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icb/icn046     Document Type: Article

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