Atypically low rate of cytochrome b evolution in the scleractinian coral genus Acropora

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 266, Issue 1415, 1999, Pages 179-183

  Van Oppen, Madeleine J H ^a   Willis, Bette L ^a   Miller, David J ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acropora; Corals; Cytochrome b; mtDNA; Substitution rate

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME B; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; NUCLEOTIDE;

ARTICLE; CORAL; DNA REPAIR; EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ACROPORA; ANIMALIA; ANTHOZOA; CNIDARIA; INVERTEBRATA; SCLERACTINIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033593441     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.1999.0619     Document Type: Article

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