Duplication and selection in the evolution of primate β-defensin genes

Genome Biology

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2003, Pages

  Semple, Colin Am ^a   Rolfe, Mark ^a   Dorin, Julia R ^a  

^a WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Additional Data File; Bacterial Artificial Chromosome; Bacterial Artificial Chromosome Sequence; Nonsynonymous Substitution; Olive Baboon

Indexed keywords

EID: 85182716366     PISSN: 14747596     EISSN: 1474760X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/gb-2003-4-5-r31     Document Type: Article

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