Structural conservation and variation in the mitochondrial control region of fringilline finches (Fringilla spp.) and the greenfinch (Carduelis chloris)

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 173-184

  Marshall, H Dawn ^a   Baker, Allan J ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Carduelis; conserved sequence blocks; Fringilla; mitochondrial control region; secondary structure; variability

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BIRD; EVOLUTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

EID: 0031039450     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a025750     Document Type: Article

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