Highly conserved nuclear copies of the mitochondrial control region in the desert locust Schistocerca gregaria: Some implications for population studies

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 295-300

  Zhang, De Xing ^a,b   Hewitt, Godfrey M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b Godfrey Hewitt's Laboratory

Author keywords

A + T rich region; Genetic marker; Heteroplasmy; Mitochondrial DNA; Nuclear copy; Polymorphism

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; SCHISTOCERCA GREGARIA;

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PRIMER DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; GENETIC MARKER; GENETICS; GRASSHOPPER; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION GENETICS;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; ECOSYSTEM; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETICS, POPULATION; GRASSHOPPERS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0030116955     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.1996.tb00317.x     Document Type: Article

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