Evaluation of the role of functional constraints on the integrity of an ultraconserved region in the genus Drosophila

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Díaz Castillo, Carlos ^a   Xia, Xiao Qin ^b   Ranz, José M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF HYDROBIOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME; DROSOPHILA; GENDER BIAS; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HOMEOSTASIS; INSECT GENOME; MALE FERTILITY; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; PHENOTYPE; ANIMAL; CHROMOSOME INVERSION; EVOLUTION; FERTILITY; GENE ORDER; GENETICS; GENOME; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE;

DIPTERA;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CHROMOSOME INVERSION; CHROMOSOMES; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DROSOPHILA; FERTILITY; GENE ORDER; GENOME, INSECT; HOMEOSTASIS;

EID: 84859198464     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1002475     Document Type: Article

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