Evolutionary shifts in three major structural features of the mitochondrial genome among iguanian lizards

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 660-674

  Macey, J Robert ^a   Larson, Allan ^a   Ananjeva, Natalia B ^b   Papenfuss, Theodore J ^c  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ZOOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cystein transfer RNA; Gene organization; Iguania; Mitochondrial DNA; Phylogenetics; Reptilia; Sauria

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENOME; LIZARD; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA STRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; LIZARDS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

ACRODONTA; IGUANIA; IGUANIDAE; REPTILIA; SAURIA; SQUAMATA;

EID: 0030966808     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00006190     Document Type: Article

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