Organization and evolution of the mitochondrial DNA control region in the Avian genus alectoris

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 449-462

  Randi, Ettore ^a   Lucchini, Vittorio ^a  

^a Istituto Nazionale per la Fauna Selvatica   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alectoris; Avian extended termination associated sequences; Control region; Galliformes; Homoplasy; Mitochondrial DNA; Molecular phylogeny

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; TRANSFER RNA;

ARTICLE; BIRD; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA SYNTHESIS; MITOCHONDRION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROMOTER REGION;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BIRDS; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID;

ALECTORIS; ALECTORIS CHUKAR; ANSERIFORMES; AVES; GALLIFORMES; GALLUS GALLUS; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031666359     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00006402     Document Type: Article

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