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dc.contributor.authorHay, Jennifer M
dc.contributor.authorSubramanian, Sankar
dc.contributor.authorMillar, Craig D
dc.contributor.authorMohandesan, Elmira
dc.contributor.authorLambert, David M
dc.date.accessioned2009-03-23
dc.date.accessioned2017-03-01T21:01:26Z
dc.date.available2017-03-01T21:01:26Z
dc.date.issued2008
dc.date.modified2009-11-12T07:27:47Z
dc.identifier.issn0168-9525
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tig.2007.12.002
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/26651.1
dc.description.abstractThe 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.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherElsevier
dc.publisher.placeUnited Kingdom
dc.publisher.urihttps://www.cell.com/trends/genetics/fulltext/S0168-9525(08)00003-6
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom106
dc.relation.ispartofpageto109
dc.relation.ispartofissue3
dc.relation.ispartofjournalTrends in Genetics
dc.relation.ispartofvolume24
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchBiological sciences
dc.subject.fieldofresearchMolecular evolution
dc.subject.fieldofresearchBiomedical and clinical sciences
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode31
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode310510
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode32
dc.titleRapid molecular evolution in a living fossil
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codec1x
gro.facultyFaculty of Science, Environment, Engineering and Technology
gro.date.issued2008
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorLambert, David M.


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