Evolutionary Stasis in Cycad Plastomes and the First Case of Plastome GC-Biased Gene Conversion

Genome Biology and Evolution

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 2000-2009

  Wu, Chung Shien ^a   Chaw, Shu Miaw ^a  

^a BIODIVERSITY RESEARCH CENTER   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

biased mutation; cycad; GC biased gene conversion; gymnosperm; plastome

Indexed keywords

NUCLEOTIDE;

BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CYCADOPHYTA; GENE CONVERSION; GENETICS; INVERTED REPEAT; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; PLASTID GENOME;

CYCADOPHYTA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE CONVERSION; GENOME, PLASTID; INVERTED REPEAT SEQUENCES; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDES;

EID: 84964696333     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17596653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evv125     Document Type: Article

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