Molecular evolution of genes in avian genomes

Genome Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

  Nam, Kiwoong ^a   Mugal, Carina ^a   Nabholz, Benoit ^a   Schielzeth, Holger ^a   Wolf, Jochen B W ^a   Backström, Niclas ^a   Künstner, Axel ^a   Balakrishnan, Christopher N ^b   Heger, Andreas ^c   Ponting, Chris P ^c   Clayton, David F ^b   Ellegren, Hans ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER; ANION TRANSPORTER; BRAIN RECEPTOR; CALCIUM ION; SYNAPTIC RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CELL ADHESION; CELL NUCLEUS; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSKELETON; FINCH; FOWL; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENOME ANALYSIS; MICROTUBULE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN BINDING; SONGBIRD; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VOICE; ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; CHROMOSOME; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; GENOME; METABOLISM; NERVOUS SYSTEM; OPEN READING FRAME; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AVES; MAMMALIA; PASSERI; SQUAMATA; TAENIOPYGIA GUTTATA; VERTEBRATA;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BASE COMPOSITION; CHICKENS; CHROMOSOMES; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FINCHES; GENOME; NERVOUS SYSTEM; OPEN READING FRAMES; PHYLOGENY; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SELECTION, GENETIC; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID;

EID: 77953729069     PISSN: 14747596     EISSN: 1474760X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/gb-2010-11-6-r68     Document Type: Article

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