Palaeogenomics of pterosaurs and the evolution of small genome size in flying vertebrates

Biology Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 47-50

  Organ, Chris L ^a   Shedlock, Andrew M ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Genome size; Palaeogenomics; Pterosaurs

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FLIGHT ACTIVITY; GENETIC STRUCTURE; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME; PHYLOGENETICS; PTEROSAUR;

ARTICLE; BAT; BIRD; BODY SIZE; CELL SIZE; DINOSAUR; GENOME SIZE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PTEROSAUR; VERTEBRATE; ANIMAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVOLUTION; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETICS; GENOME; REPTILE; SPECIES EXTINCTION;

AMNIOTA; ARCHOSAUROMORPHA; AVES; DINOSAURIA; TETRAPODA; THEROPODA; VERTEBRATA;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; CHIROPTERA; EVOLUTION; EXTINCTION, BIOLOGICAL; GENETIC DRIFT; GENOME; PHYLOGENY; REPTILES; VERTEBRATES;

EID: 63249116775     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2008.0491     Document Type: Article

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