Evolution of the mitochondrial DNA control region in the Anopheles gambiae complex

Insect Molecular Biology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 51-59

  Caccone, A ^a,b   Garcia, B A ^a,c   Powell, J R ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^c FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS MÉDICAS   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Anopheles; AT rich region; Mosquitoes; mtDNA; Phylogenies

Indexed keywords

ISOLEUCINE TRANSFER RNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PRIMER DNA; RIBOSOME RNA; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 12S;

ANIMAL; ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; REGULATORY SEQUENCE;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; RNA, TRANSFER, ILE;

ANIMALIA; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE;

EID: 0030087869     PISSN: 09621075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2583.1996.tb00040.x     Document Type: Article

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