Neighboring genes show correlated evolution in gene expression

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 1748-1766

  Ghanbarian, Avazeh T ^a   Hurst, Laurence D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

gene clustering; gene expression evolution; sex biased evolution

Indexed keywords

5 HYDROXYMETHYLCYTOSINE; RNA; 5-HYDROXYMETHYLCYTOSINE; CYTOSINE; HISTONE; LYSINE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN TISSUE; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HEART; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KIDNEY PARENCHYMA; LIVER; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR LAMINA; OVERLAPPING GENE; PRIMATE; RNA SEQUENCE; TESTIS; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; ANIMAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; CHROMOSOME 2; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; METHYLATION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; UPREGULATION;

EUKARYOTA;

ANIMALS; CEREBELLUM; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 2; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CYTOSINE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES; HISTONES; HUMANS; LYSINE; MALE; METHYLATION; MONTE CARLO METHOD; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PRIMATES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 84936863131     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msv053     Document Type: Article

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