Putting together the pieces: Evolutionary mechanisms at work within genomes: Can we suggest molecular underpinnings of punctuated equilibria and the Cambrian explosion?

BioEssays

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 700-702

  Caporale, Lynn Helena ^a  

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Indexed keywords

DNA STRUCTURE; GENE MUTATION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NATURAL SELECTION; NONHUMAN; NOTE; RNA INTERFERENCE; TRANSPOSON; BIOGENESIS; GENETICS; GENOME; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY;

BASE SEQUENCE; BIOGENESIS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 70349336076     PISSN: 02659247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bies.200900067     Document Type: Note

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