Origin and evolution of homologous repeated sequences in the mitochondrial DNA control region of shrews

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 31-46

  Fumagalli, Luca ^a   Taberlet, Pierre ^b   Favre, Laurence ^a   Hausser, Jacques ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

Author keywords

concerted evolution; control region; Crocidura; mitochondrial DNA; slippage mispairing; Sorex; tandem repeats

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION; GENE CONTROL; INSECTIVORE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TANDEM REPEAT;

ANIMALIA; ARANEUS; CROCIDURA; CROCIDURA RUSSULA; INSECTIVORA; MAMMALIA; RUSSULA; SOREX; SOREX ARANEUS; SORICIDAE;

EID: 0030042658     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a025568     Document Type: Article

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