Mutation accumulation in transfer RNAs: Molecular evidence for Muller's ratchet in mitochondrial genomes

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 209-220

  Lynch, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

deleterious mutation; insertion deletion rate; mitochondrial genome; Muller's ratchet; substitution rate; transfer RNA

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL RNA; TRANSFER RNA;

ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; GENE DELETION; GENE INSERTION; GENE MUTATION; GENOME; MITOCHONDRION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; RNA SEQUENCE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030034587     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a025557     Document Type: Article

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