Current intraspecific dynamics of sequence evolution differs from long- term trends and can account for the AT-richness of honeybee mitochondrial DNA

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 44-48

  Koulianos, Stella ^a,b   Crozier, Ross H ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; ATPase6; Base composition bias; Cytochrome b; Cytochrome c oxidase; Mitochondrial DNA; NADH dehydrogenase; Strand asymmetry; Transition transversion ratio

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME B; CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; DNA REPLICATION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HONEYBEE; HYMENOPTERA; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RNA SYNTHESIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASES; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMALS; BEES; CYTOCHROME B GROUP; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX IV; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENES, INSECT; MUTATION;

APIS MELLIFERA; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA;

EID: 0033007763     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00006533     Document Type: Article

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