Evolution of a large, conserved, and syntenic gene family in insects

G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 313-319

  Shah, Neethu ^a   Dorer, Douglas R ^b   Moriyama, Etsuko N ^c   Christensen, Alan C ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b USA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA   (United States)

Author keywords

Gene duplication; Gene family; Insect; Osiris; Synteny; Triplo lethal

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879640328     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21601836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1534/g3.111.001412     Document Type: Article

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