Recombination rate and AT-content show opposite correlations in mammalian and other animal genomes

Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 146-149

  Lattorff, H Michael G ^a   Moritz, Robin F A ^a  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

AT content; Genome size; Recombination rate

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 69749119597     PISSN: 00713260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11692-008-9019-6     Document Type: Article

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