Functional and evolutionary analysis of the genome of an obligate fungal symbiont

Genome Biology and Evolution

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 891-904

  Vogel, Kevin J ^a,c   Moran, Nancy A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerataphidinae; Effective population size; Introns; Repeat induced point mutation; Yeast like symbiont

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; APHID; BUCHNERA; FUNGAL GENOME; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETICS; INTRON; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; SYMBIOSIS; YEAST; ARTICLE; CERATAPHIDINAE; EFFECTIVE POPULATION SIZE; REPEAT-INDUCED POINT MUTATION; YEAST-LIKE SYMBIONT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; APHIDS; BUCHNERA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETIC DRIFT; GENOME, FUNGAL; INTRONS; PHYLOGENY; SYMBIOSIS; YEASTS;

CERATAPHIDINAE; EFFECTIVE POPULATION SIZE; INTRONS; REPEAT-INDUCED POINT MUTATION; YEAST-LIKE SYMBIONT;

EID: 84891464590     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17596653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evt054     Document Type: Short Survey

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