Spontaneous mutational and standing genetic (Co)variation at dinucleotide microsatellites in Caenorhabditis briggsae and Caenorhabditis elegans

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 659-669

  Phillips, Naomi ^a,b   Salomon, Matthew ^a   Custer, Andrew ^a   Ostrow, Dejerianne ^a   Baer, Charles F ^a  

^a University of Florida ^*  (United States)

^b ARCADIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Heterozygosity; Microsatellite; Mutation accumulation; Mutational variance; Spontaneous mutation; Tandem repeat

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; GENETIC VARIATION; KINETICS; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MUTATION; SELECTION (GENETICS);

CAENORHABDITIS BRIGGSAE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 60149095320     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msn287     Document Type: Article

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