A complete sequence of the mitochondrial genome of the Western lowland gorilla

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 691-698

  Xu, Xiufeng ^a   Arnason, Ulfur ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

control region; Gorilla; hominoids; Homo; mitochondrial DNA; molecular relationships; Pan

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; CODON; GENE SEQUENCE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GORILLA; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0029880681     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a025630     Document Type: Article

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