Mitochondrial DNA polymorphism and heteroplasmy in populations of the three species of Tropidurus of the nanuzae group (Squamata, Tropiduridae)

Genetics and Molecular Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 351-356

  Passoni, José Carlos ^a   Benozzati, Maria Lúcia ^a   Rodrigues, Miguel Tréfaut ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BRAZIL; DNA POLYMORPHISM; GENE DELETION; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE MUTATION; LIZARD; NONHUMAN; POPULATION GENETICS; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; REPTILIA; SQUAMATA; TROPIDURINAE; TROPIDURUS; TROPIDURUS AMATHITES; TROPIDURUS DIVARICATUS; TROPIDURUS NANUZAE;

EID: 0033895718     PISSN: 14154757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1415-47572000000200019     Document Type: Article

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