Gene content and organization in a segment of the mitochondrial genome of the scleractinian coral Acropora tenuis: Major differences in gene order within the anthozoan subclass zoantharia [2]

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1812-1815

  Van Oppen, Madeleine J H ^a   Hislop, Nikki R ^a   Hagerman, Paul J ^b   Miller, David J ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Acropora; Cnidaria; Coral; Gene arrangement; Intergenic sequences; mtDNA

Indexed keywords

CODON; CORAL; DNA CONTENT; GENE MAPPING; GENE ORDER; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; GENOME; LETTER; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE;

ACROPORA TENUIS;

EID: 0032729842     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a026094     Document Type: Letter

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