Evolutionary dynamics of sex-biased genes in a hermaphrodite fungus

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 30, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 2435-2446

  Whittle, Carrie A ^a   Johannesson, Hanna ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CODON; CODON USAGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG; FUNGAL GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HERMAPHRODITISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MUTATION; MYCELIUM; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; SELECTIVE SWEEP; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

CODON; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAGS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENES, MATING TYPE, FUNGAL; GENOME, FUNGAL; HERMAPHRODITIC ORGANISMS; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENY; SELECTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84888580258     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/mst143     Document Type: Article

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