Quantification of adaptive evolution of genes expressed in avian brain and the population size effect on the efficacy of selection

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1073-1079

  Axelsson, Erik ^a,b   Ellegren, Hans ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Chicken; Comparative genomics; Positive selection; Slightly deleterious mutations; Zebra finch

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; NUCLEOTIDE;

ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; FOWL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; POPULATION GENETICS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMALS; BRAIN; CHICKENS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FINCHES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MUTATION; POPULATION DENSITY; SELECTION (GENETICS);

AVES; TAENIOPYGIA GUTTATA;

EID: 65349138349     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msp019     Document Type: Article

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