Nucleotide sequence divergence in the A+T-rich region of mitochondrial DNA in drosophila simulans and Drosophila mauritiana

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 814-822

  Inohira, Kayo ^a   Hara, Toshiko ^a,b   Matsuura, Etsuko T ^a  

^a OCHANOMIZU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

D. mauritiana; D. simulans; Mitochondrial DNA

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA; GENE DELETION; GENE INSERTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TANDEM REPEAT;

DROSOPHILA MAURITIANA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA SIMULANS; DROSOPHILA YAKUBA; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0030811686     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a025822     Document Type: Article

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