Is gc bias in the nuclear genome of the carnivorous plant utricularia driven by ros-based mutation and biased gene conversion?

Plant Signaling and Behavior

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1631-1634

  Ibarra Laclette, Enrique ^a   Albert, Victor A ^b   Herrera Estrella, Alfredo ^a   Herrera Estrella, Luis ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Carnivorous plant; DNA mutation; GC bias; Gene conversion; Transcriptome

Indexed keywords

ASTERIDS; UTRICULARIA;

EID: 81255151204     PISSN: 15592316     EISSN: 15592324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/psb.6.11.17657     Document Type: Article

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