Microevolution of the mitochondrial DNA control region in the Japanese brown bear (Ursus arctos) population

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 676-684

  Matsuhashi, Tamako ^a   Masuda, Ryuichi ^a   Mano, Tsutomu ^b   Yoshida, Michihiro C ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Hokkaido Institute of Environmental Sciences   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brown bear; Control region; Mitochondrial DNA; Polymorphism; Repetitive sequence; Ursus arctos

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BEAR; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE CONTROL; JAPAN; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY;

MAMMALIA; URSUS ARCTOS;

EID: 0032940104     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a026150     Document Type: Article

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