Nucleotide substitution rate of mammalian mitochondrial genomes

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 427-434

  Pesole, Graziano ^a   Gissi, Carmela ^b   De Chirico, Anna ^b   Saccone, Cecilia ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^c CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Comparative analysis; Mammalia; Mitochondrial DNA; Nucleotide substitution rate

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; EVOLUTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOME; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0033026606     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00006487     Document Type: Article

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