Phylogenetic analysis of slippage-like sequence variation in the V4 rRNA expansion segment in tiger beetles (Cicindelidae)

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 6-19

  Vogler, Alfried P ^a,b   Welsh, Alexandra ^a   Hancock, John M ^c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cryptic simplicity; homology; independent contrast; relative simplicity factor; simple sequences; Slippage replication; SSU rRNA

Indexed keywords

REPETITIVE DNA; RIBOSOME RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BEETLE; DNA REPLICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENETIC ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; RNA SYNTHESIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

EID: 0031012071     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a025703     Document Type: Article

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