Pleiotropic constraints, expression level, and the evolution of miRNA sequences

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 77, Issue 5-6, 2013, Pages 206-220

  Jovelin, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Caenorhabditis; Drosophila; Expression level; miRNA; Molecular evolution

Indexed keywords

MICRORNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CAENORHABDITIS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; DROSOPHILA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PLEIOTROPY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CAENORHABDITIS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DROSOPHILA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC PLEIOTROPY; MICRORNAS; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 84890447855     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00239-013-9588-6     Document Type: Article

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