The Complete Mitochondrial DNA Sequence of the White Rhinoceros,Ceratotherium simum,and Comparison with the mtDNA Sequence of the Indian Rhinoceros,Rhinoceros unicornis

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 189-194

  Xu, Xiufeng ^a   Arnason, Ulfur ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENETICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PERISSODACTYLA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TIME;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PERISSODACTYLA; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031110217     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/mpev.1996.0385     Document Type: Article

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