Patterns of positive selection in seven ant genomes

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1661-1685

  Roux, Julien ^a,b,d   Privman, Eyal ^a,b,e   Moretti, Sébastien ^a,b   Daub, Josephine T ^a,b,c   Robinson Rechavi, Marc ^a,b   Keller, Laurent ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS INSTITUTE OF BIOINFORMATICS   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

aging; bees; comparative genomics; Drosophila; Hymenoptera; immunity; lifespan; metabolism; neurogenesis; olfactory receptors; sociality

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANT; ARTICLE; BEE; DROSOPHILA; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC SELECTION; GENOME; HYMENOPTERA; IMMUNITY; LIFESPAN; MITOCHONDRION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR; PHYLOGENY; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; GENETIC DATABASE; GENETICS; INSECT GENOME; MITOCHONDRIAL GENE; MULTIGENE FAMILY;

INSECT PROTEIN;

ANIMALS; ANTS; DATABASES, GENETIC; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENES, MITOCHONDRIAL; GENOME, INSECT; INSECT PROTEINS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYLOGENY; SELECTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84903697903     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msu141     Document Type: Article

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