Slow but not low: Genomic comparisons reveal slower evolutionary rate and higher dN/dS in conifers compared to angiosperms

BMC Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Buschiazzo, Emmanuel ^a,b   Ritland, Carol ^a   Bohlmann, Jörg ^a,c   Ritland, Kermit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANGIOSPERM; CONIFEROUS TREE; CONSERVATION GENETICS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOMICS; HERB; MUTATION; TAXONOMY;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; CONIFEROPHYTA; GYMNOSPERMAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; PICEA; PICEA SITCHENSIS; PINUS TAEDA; POPULUS TRICHOCARPA; SPERMATOPHYTA;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANGIOSPERM; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONIFER; GENETICS; GENOMICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PLANT GENE; PLANT GENOME;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANGIOSPERMS; CONIFEROPHYTA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENES, PLANT; GENOME, PLANT; GENOMICS;

EID: 84855993168     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-12-8     Document Type: Article

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