Neurospora and the dead-end hypothesis: Genomic consequences of selfing in the model genus

Evolution

Volumn 67, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 3600-3616

  Gioti, Anastasia ^a   Stajich, Jason E ^b   Johannesson, Hanna ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Evolutionary genomics; Mating systems; Molecular evolution; Mutations; Reproductive strategies; Selection natural

Indexed keywords

ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION; AUTOGAMY; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; FUNGUS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOMICS; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MUTATION; NATURAL SELECTION; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY;

FUNGI; NEUROSPORA;

ARTICLE; ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION; CODON; EVOLUTIONARY GENOMICS; FUNGAL GENOME; GENETICS; MATING SYSTEMS; MISSENSE MUTATION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MUTATION RATE; MUTATIONS; NEUROSPORA; OPEN READING FRAME; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGIES; SELECTION-NATURAL; TRANSPOSON;

EVOLUTIONARY GENOMICS; MATING SYSTEMS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MUTATIONS; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGIES; SELECTION-NATURAL;

CODON; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENOME, FUNGAL; MUTATION RATE; MUTATION, MISSENSE; NEUROSPORA; OPEN READING FRAMES; REPRODUCTION, ASEXUAL;

EID: 84888853726     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/evo.12206     Document Type: Article

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