Evidence that two types of 18S rDNA coexist in the genome of Dugesia (Schmidtea) mediterranea (Platyhelminthes, Turbellaria, Tricladida)

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 824-832

  Carranza, Salvador ^a   Giribet, Gonzalo ^a   Ribera, Carles ^a   Baguñà, Jaume ^a   Riutort, Marta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

18S rDNA; Dugesia (Schmidtea) mediterranea; metazoan; multigene family; phylogenetic reconstruction; Platyhelminthes; polymorphism; variability

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 18S;

ARTICLE; DNA POLYMORPHISM; DNA SEQUENCE; GENOME; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PLATYHELMINTH; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

DUGESIA; DUGESIA MEDITERRANEA; METAZOA; PLATYHELMINTHES; PROTOZOA; SERIATA; TRICLADIDA; TURBELLARIA;

EID: 0029955186     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a025643     Document Type: Article

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