Gene expression: Sizing it all up

Frontiers in Genetics

Volumn 2, Issue OCT, 2011, Pages

  Woody, Jenna Lynn ^a   Shoemaker, Randy C ^b  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Evolution; Expression breadth; Expression level; Selection

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875921468     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16648021     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2011.00070     Document Type: Article

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