Twisted signatures of GC-biased gene conversion embedded in an evolutionary stable karyotype

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1700-1712

  Mugal, Carina F ^a   Arndt, Peter F ^b   Ellegren, Hans ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR GENETICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

base composition; birds; GC isochores; gene conversion; karyotype; recombination

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ARTICLE; CHICKEN; CHROMOSOME; CPG ISLAND; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; GENE CONVERSION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; KARYOTYPE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

BASE COMPOSITION; BIRDS; GC ISOCHORES; GENE CONVERSION; KARYOTYPE; RECOMBINATION;

ANIMALS; BASE COMPOSITION; CHICKENS; CHROMOSOMES; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE CONVERSION; GENOME; ISOCHORES; KARYOTYPE; MAMMALS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; VERTEBRATES;

AVES; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84879362203     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/mst067     Document Type: Article

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