dc.contributor.author | Hay, Jennifer M | |
dc.contributor.author | Subramanian, Sankar | |
dc.contributor.author | Millar, Craig D | |
dc.contributor.author | Mohandesan, Elmira | |
dc.contributor.author | Lambert, David M | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2017-05-03T14:39:11Z | |
dc.date.available | 2017-05-03T14:39:11Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2008 | |
dc.date.modified | 2009-11-11T05:24:30Z | |
dc.identifier.issn | 0168-9525 | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1016/j.tig.2007.12.002 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10072/26524 | |
dc.description.abstract | The tuatara of New Zealand is a unique reptile that coexisted with dinosaurs and has changed little morphologically from its Cretaceous relatives. Tuatara have very slow metabolic and growth rates, long generation times and slow rates of reproduction. This suggests that the species is likely to exhibit a very slow rate of molecular evolution. Our analysis of ancient and modern tuatara DNA shows that, surprisingly, tuatara have the highest rate of molecular change recorded in vertebrates. Our work also suggests that rates of neutral molecular and phenotypic evolution are decoupled. | |
dc.description.peerreviewed | Yes | |
dc.description.publicationstatus | Yes | |
dc.format.extent | 675496 bytes | |
dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
dc.language | English | |
dc.language.iso | eng | |
dc.publisher | Elsevier | |
dc.publisher.place | United Kingdom | |
dc.publisher.uri | http://www.elsevier.com/locate/tig | |
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublication | N | |
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom | 106 | |
dc.relation.ispartofpageto | 109 | |
dc.relation.ispartofissue | 3 | |
dc.relation.ispartofjournal | Trends in Genetics | |
dc.relation.ispartofvolume | 24 | |
dc.rights.retention | Y | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearch | Molecular Evolution | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearch | Biological Sciences | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearch | Medical and Health Sciences | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode | 060409 | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode | 06 | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode | 11 | |
dc.title | Rapid molecular evolution in a living fossil | |
dc.type | Journal article | |
dc.type.description | C1 - Articles | |
dc.type.code | C - Journal Articles | |
gro.rights.copyright | © 2008 Elsevier. This is the author-manuscript version of this paper. Reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. Please refer to the journal's website for access to the definitive, published version. | |
gro.date.issued | 2008 | |
gro.hasfulltext | Full Text | |
gro.griffith.author | Lambert, David M. | |
gro.griffith.author | Sankarasubramanian, Sankar | |