The evolutionary position of dormice (Gliridae) in rodentia determined by a novel short retroposon [2]

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 715-717

  Kramerov, Dmitri A ^a   Vassetzky, Nikita ^a   Serdobova, Irina ^b  

^a ENGELHARDT INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^b INSTITUTE OF GENE BIOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Gliridae; Myomorpha; PCR; Rodent evolution; Sciuridae; Short retroposon analysis; SINE

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; GENOME; LETTER; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; PHYLOGENY; RETROPOSON;

MYOXIDAE; RODENTIA; SCIURIDAE;

EID: 0032927881     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a026155     Document Type: Letter

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