Widespread recurrent evolution of genomic features

Genome Biology and Evolution

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 486-500

  Maeso, Ignacio ^a   Roy, Scott William ^b,c   Irimia, Manuel ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Convergence; Genome; Genotype phenotype map; Parallel evolution

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; EUKARYOTA; METAZOA;

ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; EUKARYOTE; GENETICS; GENOME; GENOMICS; HUMAN; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; EUKARYOTA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENOME; GENOMICS; HUMANS; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 84864107809     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17596653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evs022     Document Type: Conference Paper

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