Comparative genomics based on massive parallel transcriptome sequencing reveals patterns of substitution and selection across 10 bird species

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 19, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2010, Pages 266-276

  Künstner, Axel ^a   Wolf, Jochen B W ^a   Backström, Niclas ^a   Whitney, Osceola ^c   Balakrishnan, Christopher N ^d   Day, Lainy ^e   Edwards, Scott V ^f   Janes, Daniel E ^f   Schlinger, Barney A ^g   Wilson, Richard K ^b   Jarvis, Erich D ^c   Warren, Wesley C ^b   Ellegren, Hans ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^f HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Avian genomics; Hill Robertson effect; Male mutation bias; Next generation sequencing 454; Selection

Indexed keywords

AVES; TAENIOPYGIA GUTTATA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIRD; BRAIN; COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; CONTIG MAPPING; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; MALE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MUTATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEX CHROMOSOME;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; BRAIN; COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; CONTIG MAPPING; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; MUTATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELECTION, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEX CHROMOSOMES;

EID: 77951918115     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2009.04487.x     Document Type: Article

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