Convergent intron gains in hymenopteran elongation factor-1α

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 266-276

  Klopfstein, Seraina ^a   Ronquist, Fredrik ^a  

^a SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Ancestral state reconstruction; EEF1A; Elongation factor 1 ; Hymenoptera; Intron evolution

Indexed keywords

ELONGATION FACTOR 1;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; EXON; GENE; GENETICS; HYMENOPTERA; INTRON; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY;

ANIMALS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; EXONS; GENES, INSECT; HYMENOPTERA; INTRONS; PEPTIDE ELONGATION FACTOR 1; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

DIPTERA; EUKARYOTA; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 84875050294     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: 10959513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2013.01.015     Document Type: Article

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