Evolution of the insect yellow gene family

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 257-272

  Ferguson, Laura C ^a   Green, Jack ^a   Surridge, Alison ^a   Jiggins, Chris D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

duplication; gene transfer; melanin; yellow

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BRANCHIOSTOMA; BUTTERFLY; EUKARYOTE; FUNGUS; GENE; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE LOSS; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENE TRANSFER; INSECT GENETICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NAEGLERIA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; YELLOW GENE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENES, INSECT; INSECT PROTEINS; INSECTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYLOGENY; WING;

APIS MELLIFERA; BRANCHIOSTOMA LANCEOLATUM; EUKARYOTA; FUNGI; HELICONIUS; HEXAPODA; LEPEOPHTHEIRUS SALMONIS; NAEGLERIA; PAPILIONOIDEA;

EID: 78650451924     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msq192     Document Type: Article

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