Evidence for complex selection on four-fold degenerate sites in Drosophila melanogaster

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2582-2595

  Clemente, F ^a   Vogl, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

Author keywords

Drosophila melanogaster; Four fold degenerate sites; Mutation bias; Selection; Short introns

Indexed keywords

ANCESTRY; DIVERGENCE; EFFECTIVE POPULATION SIZE; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FLY; GENOME; MUTATION; NATURAL SELECTION; PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; INTRON; MALE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MUTATION RATE;

ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; INTRONS; MALE; MUTATION RATE; SELECTION, GENETIC;

DROSOPHILA ERECTA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA SECHELLIA; DROSOPHILA SIMULANS; DROSOPHILA YAKUBA;

EID: 84869206022     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jeb.12003     Document Type: Article

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