Comparative molecular evolution and phylogenetic utility of 3′-UTRs and introns in Galliformes

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 536-542

  Bonilla, Amber J ^a   Braun, Edward L ^a   Kimball, Rebecca T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Base composition; Evolutionary rates; Game birds; Isochore; Non coding DNA; Tree distances; Untranslated regions

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GALLIFORMES; GENETICS; INTRON; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNTRANSLATED REGION;

ANIMALS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GALLIFORMES; INTRONS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MODELS, GENETIC; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; UNTRANSLATED REGIONS;

AVES; GALLIFORMES;

EID: 77953133200     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: 10959513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2010.04.006     Document Type: Article

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