Low diversity and biased substitution patterns in the mitochondrial DNA control region of sperm whales: Implications for estimates of time since common ancestry

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1318-1326

  Lyrholm, Thomas ^a,b   Leimar, Olof ^a   Gyllensten, Ulf ^b  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

diversity; mitochondrial DNA; molecular clock; sperm whale; substitution rate

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; BIODIVERSITY; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; DNA SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION; GENE DELETION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; WHALE;

ANIMALIA; CETACEA; MAMMALIA; PHYSETER CATODON; PHYSETERIDAE;

EID: 0029908931     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a025578     Document Type: Article

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