The genome: An isochore ensemble and its evolution

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1267, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 31-34

  Bernardi, Giorgio ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Eukaryotes; Genome evolution; Genome organization; Isochors

Indexed keywords

UNTRANSLATED RNA;

ARTICLE; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; DNA STRUCTURE; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC CODE; GENOME; GENOME ANALYSIS; ISOCHORE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NATURAL SELECTION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 84865987955     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2012.06591.x     Document Type: Article

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