Substitution bias, rapid saturation, and the use of mtDNA for nematode systematics

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1719-1727

  Blouin, Michael S ^a   Yowell, Charles A ^b   Courtney, Charles H ^b   Dame, John B ^b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Mitochondrial DNA; mtDNA; ND4; Nematode; Trichostrongylidae

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; MITOCHONDRION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; TAXONOMY; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS;

INVERTEBRATA; NEMATODA; TRICHOSTRONGYLIDAE; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS;

EID: 0031773261     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a025898     Document Type: Article

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