Dynamics of genome size evolution in birds and mammals

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 114, Issue 8, 2017, Pages E1460-E1469

  Kapusta, Aurélie ^a   Suh, Alexander ^b   Feschotte, Cédric ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Amniotes; DNA loss; Flight; Genome size evolution; Transposable elements

Indexed keywords

DNA; GENOMIC DNA;

ARTICLE; BIRD; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; GENOME SIZE; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEGMENTAL DUPLICATION; TRANSPOSON; ANIMAL; GENETICS; GENOME; GENOMICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PROCEDURES;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; DNA; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENOME; GENOME SIZE; GENOMICS; MAMMALS; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 85013393921     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1616702114     Document Type: Article

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