Frequent assimilation of mitochondrial DNA by grasshopper nuclear genomes

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 406-415

  Bensasson, Douda ^a   Zhang, De Xing ^a   Hewitt, Godfrey M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acrididae; Dead on arrival sequences; DNA migration; Gene amplification; Heteroplasmy; Horizontal gene transfer; Nuclear copies; NumtDNA; Transposition

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; CODON; DNA INTEGRATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE TRANSFER; GRASSHOPPER; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PSEUDOGENE;

ACRIDIDAE; ANIMALIA; CYRTACANTHACRIDINAE; GOMPHOCERINAE; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; ITALOPODISMA; MELANOPLINAE; ORTHOPTERA; PODISMA PEDESTRIS; SCHISTOCERCA GREGARIA;

EID: 0033999959     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a026320     Document Type: Article

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