Adaptive molecular evolution of a defence gene in sexual but not functionally asexual evening primroses

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1576-1586

  Hersch Green, E I ^a   Myburg, H ^b   Johnson, M T J ^c  

^a MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Coevolution; Gene expression; Genetic system; Molecular variation; Parthenogenesis; Permanent translocation heterozygote

Indexed keywords

CHITINASE;

ADAPTATION; COEVOLUTION; DICOTYLEDON; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; HETEROZYGOSITY; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PARTHENOGENESIS; PLANT DEFENSE;

ADAPTATION; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION; CLASSIFICATION; ENZYMOLOGY; EVENING PRIMROSE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; REPRODUCTION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; CHITINASE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; OENOTHERA BIENNIS; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTION, ASEXUAL; SELECTION, GENETIC;

OENOTHERA; ONAGRACEAE;

EID: 84864016021     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2012.02542.x     Document Type: Article

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