Mitochondrial gene arrangement of the horseshoe crab Limulus polyphemus L.: Conservation of major features among arthropod classes

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 867-874

  Staton, Joseph L ^a,b   Daehler, L Lynne ^a   Brown, Wesley M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Arthropod; Gene arrangement; Limulus chelicerate; mtDNA

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; LIMULUS; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

ANNELIDA; ARTHROPODA; CHELICERATA; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); DROSOPHILA YAKUBA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; LIMULUS; LIMULUS POLYPHEMUS; MEROSTOMATA; METAZOA; MOLLUSCA; NEMATODA; ONYCHOPHORA; POLYPHEMUS;

EID: 0030756246     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a025828     Document Type: Article

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