Genomic and population-level effects of gene conversion in Caenorhabditis paralogs

Genes

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 452-468

  Katju, Vaishali ^a   Bergthorsson, Ulfar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Caenorhabditis; Conversion tract; Ectopic gene conversion; Fog 2; Ftr 1; Gene duplication; Interlocus gene conversion; Paralogs

Indexed keywords

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CYTOPLASM; GENE CONVERSION; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PHENOTYPE; POLYPLOIDY; POPULATION SIZE; REVIEW; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SEX DETERMINATION; TRANSGENE;

CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 79952093694     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20734425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/genes1030452     Document Type: Review

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