The mitochondrial genome of a monotreme - The platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus)

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 153-159

  Janke, Axel ^a,c   Gemmell, Neil J ^b,d   Feldmaier Fuchs, Gertaud ^a   Von Haeseler, Arndt ^a   Pääbo, Svante ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Institute of Genetics   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Mammalian phylogeny; Mitochondrial DNA; Monotremes

Indexed keywords

DNA BASE; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; TRANSFER RNA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; FISH; MAMMAL; MARSUPIAL; MONOTREMATE; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALS; BASE COMPOSITION; BASE SEQUENCE; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FISHES; GENOME; MAMMALS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PLATYPUS; RNA, TRANSFER, LEU; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0029989450     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02198841     Document Type: Article

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