Evolution of genome size: Multilevel selection, mutation bias or dynamical chaos?

Current Opinion in Genetics and Development

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 620-626

  Vinogradov, Alexander E ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CYTOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

REPETITIVE DNA;

CELL PROLIFERATION; ENHANCER REGION; EPIGENETICS; EUKARYOTIC CELL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENOME SIZE; GERM CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; UNTRANSLATED REGION;

ANIMALS; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; EVOLUTION; GENOME; HUMANS; MODELS, GENETIC; MUTATION; SELECTION (GENETICS);

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 8644269647     PISSN: 0959437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gde.2004.09.007     Document Type: Review

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