Neutral evolution of the sex-determining gene transformer in Drosophila.

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Abstract:: The amino acid sequence of the transformer (tra) gene exhibits an extremely rapid rate of evolution among Drosophila species, although the gene performs a critical step in sex determination. These changes in amino acid sequence are the result of either natural selection or neutral evolution. To differentiate between selective and neutral causes of this evolutionary change, analyses of both intraspecific and interspecific patterns of molecular evolution of tra gene sequences are presented. Seq...
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University of Oxford

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NDM

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Language:: English
Keywords:: Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid

Species Specificity

Evolution, Molecular

Base Sequence

Drosophila

Molecular Sequence Data

Sex Determination Processes

Genetic Variation

Animals

Nuclear Proteins
Pubs id:: pubs:97682
UUID:: uuid:2b023d37-2f90-4ae5-b3e1-b65405b08ce2
Local pid:: pubs:97682
Source identifiers:: 97682
Deposit date:: 2012-12-19

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