Phylogenies inferred from mitochondrial gene orders - A cautionary tale from the parasitic flatworms [1]

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 1123-1125

  Le, Thanh H ^a   Blair, David ^b   Agatsuma, Takeshi ^c   Humair, Pierre François ^a   Campbell, Nick J H ^a   Iwagami, Mori ^c   Littlewood, D Timothy J ^d   Peacock, B ^d   Johnston, David A ^d   Bartley, J ^d   Rollinson, David ^d   Herniou, E A ^d   Zarlenga, Dante S ^e   McManus, Donald P ^a,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c KOCHI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^d DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^e AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^f QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Gene order; Mitochondrial DNA; Mitochondrial genome; Parasitic flatworms; Schistosoma; Schistosomes

Indexed keywords

GENE SEQUENCE; LETTER; MITOCHONDRION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PLATYHELMINTH; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

INVERTEBRATA; PLATYHELMINTHES; SCHISTOSOMA;

EID: 0033917042     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a026393     Document Type: Letter

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