The evolution of tRNA genes in Drosophila

Genome Biology and Evolution

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 467-477

  Rogers, Hubert H ^a   Bergman, Casey M ^a   Griffiths Jones, Sam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gene duplication; Genome evolution; Noncoding RNA; Synteny map; Transfer RNA; tRNA identity

Indexed keywords

TRANSFER RNA;

ANIMAL; ANTICODON; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME MAP; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE; GENETICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TIME;

ANIMALS; ANTICODON; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENES, INSECT; PHYLOGENY; RNA, TRANSFER; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77958449472     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17596653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evq034     Document Type: Article

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