A selection index for gene expression evolution and its application to the divergence between humans and chimpanzees

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Warnefors, Maria ^a,b   Eyre Walker, Adam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHIMPANZEE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LYMPHOBLASTOID CELL LINE; MCDONALD KREITMAN TEST; NONHUMAN; SPECIES COMPARISON;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CELL LINE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; PAN TROGLODYTES; SELECTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84859984293     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0034935     Document Type: Article

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