Evolution of the nuclear ribosomal DNA intergenic spacer in four species of the <it>Daphnia pulex </it>complex

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Concerted evolution refers to the pattern in which copies of multigene families show high intraspecific sequence homogeneity but high interspecific sequence diversity. Sequence homogeneity of these copies depends on relative rates of...

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Main Authors: Crease Teresa J, Ambrose Cheryl D
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2011-01-01
Series:BMC Genetics
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2156/12/13