Population genomic analysis reveals no evidence for gc-biased gene conversion in drosophila melanogaster

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 425-433

  Robinson, Matthew C ^a   Stone, Eric A ^a   Singh, Nadia D ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Drosophila melanogaster; GC biased gene conversion; polymorphism and divergence data; whole genome

Indexed keywords

NUCLEOTIDE;

ALLELE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; AUTOSOME; DNA POLYMORPHISM; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE CONVERSION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; INTRON; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; X CHROMOSOME;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GC-BIASED GENE CONVERSION; POLYMORPHISM AND DIVERGENCE DATA; WHOLE GENOME;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; CHROMOSOMES, INSECT; CYTOSINE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE CONVERSION; GENOME, INSECT; GENOMICS; GUANINE; MUTATION RATE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC;

EID: 84893125012     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/mst220     Document Type: Article

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