Partial sequence of a sponge mitochondrial genome reveals sequence similarity to Cnidaria in cytochrome oxidase subunit II and the large ribosomal RNA subunit

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 542-554

  Watkins, Russell F ^a   Beckenbach, Andrew T ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Demospongiae; Diploblast; Genome evolution; Metazoa; Mitochondrial gene; Molecular systematics; Phylogenetics; Porifera

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; RIBOSOME RNA; TRANSFER RNA;

ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME SUBUNIT; GENETIC CODE; GENOME; MITOCHONDRION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SPONGE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CNIDARIA; CODON; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX IV; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENOME; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PHYLOGENY; PORIFERA; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

CNIDARIA; DEMOSPONGIAE; EUMETAZOA; INVERTEBRATA; METAZOA; PORIFERA; TETILLA;

EID: 0032921847     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00006497     Document Type: Article

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