Identification of fast-evolving genes in the scleractinian Coral Acropora using comparative EST analysis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Iguchi, Akira ^a   Shinzato, Chuya ^b   Forêt, Sylvain ^c   Miller, David J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

^b OKINAWA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY GRADUATE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; LECTIN;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CNIDARIA; CONTIG MAPPING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORAL REEF; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC SELECTION; HYDRA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SEA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SYMBION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ANTHOZOA; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS;

ACROPORA; ACROPORA MILLEPORA; ACROPORA PALMATA; ACROPORIDAE; ANTHOZOA; CNIDARIA; HYDRA MAGNIPAPILLATA; NEMATOSTELLA VECTENSIS; SCLERACTINIA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAGS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SELECTION, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 79959288435     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0020140     Document Type: Article

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