Paleogenomic data suggest mammal-like genome size in the ancestral amniote and derived large genome size in amphibians

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 372-380

  Organ, C L ^a   Canoville, A ^b   Reisz, R R ^c   Laurin, M ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Amniotes; Diapsids; Genome; Paleogenomics; Synapsids

Indexed keywords

ANCESTRY; DATA SET; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; ESTIMATION METHOD; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GENOME; GENOMICS; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PHANEROZOIC; PHYLOGENETICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TETRAPOD;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CYTOLOGY; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL; GENETICS; GENOME; GENOMICS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OSTEOCYTE; TIME;

AMPHIBIANS; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; FOSSILS; GENOME; GENOMICS; MODELS, GENETIC; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OSTEOCYTES; TIME FACTORS;

AMNIOTA; AMPHIBIA; MAMMALIA; SAURIA; SYNAPSIDA; TETRAPODA;

EID: 78651449684     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2010.02176.x     Document Type: Article

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