Genome desertification in eutherians: Can gene deserts explain the uneven distribution of genes in placental mammalian genomes?

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 207-216

  Salzburger, Walter ^a,b   Steinke, Dirk ^a,c   Braasch, Ingo ^a,d   Meyer, Axel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Gene deserts; Genome evolution; Genome size; Mammalia

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CHROMOSOME SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE MAPPING; GENE NUMBER; GENOME ANALYSIS; MAMMALIAN GENETICS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLACENTAL MAMMALS; RAT;

EUKARYOTA; EUTHERIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 70449527538     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00239-009-9251-4     Document Type: Article

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