Comparisons of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) sequences (16s rRNA gene) between oviparous and viviparous strains of Lacerta vivipara: A preliminary study

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1627-1631

  Heulin, B ^a   Surget Groba, Y ^a   Cuiller, A ^a   Guillaume, C P ^b   Deunff, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^b PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

Lacerta vivipara; Mitochondrial DNA; Quaternary; Viviparity evolution

Indexed keywords

BULGARIA; CZECH REPUBLIC; FRANCE; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NETHERLANDS; RIBOSOMAL RNA; SWEDEN; SWITZERLAND;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; EUROPE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; ISOENZYMES; LIZARDS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; REPRODUCTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID;

LACERTA; SQUAMATA; ZOOTOCA VIVIPARA;

EID: 0033213086     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-294X.1999.00746.x     Document Type: Article

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