Emergence of a New Gene from an Intergenic Region

Current Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 18, 2009, Pages 1527-1531

  Heinen, Tobias J A J ^a   Staubach, Fabian ^a   Häming, Daniela ^a   Tautz, Diethard ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

DNA; EVOL_ECOL

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; SPACER DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOUSE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, INTERGENIC; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

MAMMALIA; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 70349270547     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2009.07.049     Document Type: Article

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