Genome composition, caste, and molecular evolution in eusocial insects

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 110, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Hunt, Brendan G ^a   Glastad, Karl M ^a   Goodisman, Michael A D ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOSINE; GUANINE;

DNA BASE COMPOSITION; GENE CONVERSION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; HONEYBEE; LETTER; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BEES; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC;

EID: 84873431977     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1220586110     Document Type: Letter

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