Mitochondrial DNA: Molecular fossils in the nucleus

Current Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 128-129

  Perna, Nicole T ^a   Kocher, Thomas D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; CELL NUCLEUS; HUMAN; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PSEUDOGENE; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; CELL NUCLEUS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HUMANS; PSEUDOGENES;

EID: 0030079599     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-9822(02)00441-4     Document Type: Article

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