Neutrality tests on mtDNA: Unusual results from nematodes

Journal of Heredity

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 156-158

  Blouin, Michael S ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; DNA POLYMORPHISM; EVOLUTION; GENE SEQUENCE; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

HEXAPODA; INVERTEBRATA; NEMATODA; PAPILIONOIDEA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0034104190     PISSN: 00221503     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jhered/91.2.156     Document Type: Article

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