Evolution of RNases in leaf monkeys: Being parallel gene duplications or parallel gene conversions is a problem of molecular phylogeny

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 397-400

  Xu, Lin ^a   Su, Zhixi ^b   Gu, Zhenglong ^a   Gu, Xun ^b,c  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b Center for Evolutionary Biology   (China)

^c IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBONUCLEASE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COLOBINAE; GENE DUPLICATION; GENETICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; COLOBINAE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE DUPLICATION; PHYLOGENY; RIBONUCLEASES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

TRACHYPITHECUS;

EID: 58049170975     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: 10959513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2008.11.003     Document Type: Article

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