Evolution and Molecular Characterization of a β-Globin Gene from the Australian Echidna Tachyglossus aculeatus (Monotremata)

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 205-214

  Lee, Mi Hye ^a   Shroff, Robert ^a   Cooper, Steven J B ^b   Hope, Rory ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b SOUTH AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

Author keywords

globin; Echidna; molecular evolution; Monotreme; Tachyglossus aculeatus

Indexed keywords

GLOBIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ECHIDNA; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; INTRON; MARSUPIAL; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PROMOTER REGION; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ECHIDNA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GLOBINS; INTRONS; MARSUPIALIA; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PHYLOGENY; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0033161525     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/mpev.1999.0610     Document Type: Article

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