Dynamic evolution of base composition: Causes and consequences in avian phylogenomics

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 2197-2210

  Nabholz, Benoit ^a   Künstner, Axel ^a   Wang, Rui ^b   Jarvis, Erich D ^b   Ellegren, Hans ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

base composition; birds; molecular dating; phylogenetics; recombination rate; substitution rate

Indexed keywords

CYTOSINE; GUANINE; TRANSCRIPTOME;

ALLIGATOR; ANIMAL GENETICS; ARTICLE; BIRD; CODON; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; GENE CONVERSION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC TRAIT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HIGH VOCAL CENTER; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PHYLOGENOMICS; RNA SEQUENCE;

ANIMALS; BASE COMPOSITION; BIRDS; CODON; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENOMICS; PHYLOGENY; PROTEOME; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; TRANSCRIPTOME;

ALLIGATOR; AVES; PSITTACIDAE; TAENIOPYGIA GUTTATA; TROCHILIDAE;

EID: 79961074078     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msr047     Document Type: Article

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