The genome sizes of megabats (Chiroptera: Pteropodidae) are remarkably constrained

Biology Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 347-351

  Smith, Jillian D L ^a   Gregory, T Ryan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bats; LINE 1; Long interspersed element 1; Transposable elements

Indexed keywords

BAT; DNA; GENETIC STRUCTURE; GENOME; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; METABOLISM; PTEROSAUR;

ARTICLE; BAT; FAMILY; GENOME; GENOME SIZE; HYPOTHESIS; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AVES; CHIROPTERA; PTEROPODIDAE;

EID: 67649099727     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2009.0016     Document Type: Article

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