mtDNA tandem repeats in domestic dogs and wolves: Mutation mechanism studied by analysis of the sequence of imperfect repeats

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 474-488

  Savolainen, Peter ^a   Arvestad, Lars ^a   Lundeberg, Joakim ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Canis; Mitochondrial DNA; Mutation; Tandem repeats

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA MICROARRAY; DOG; EVOLUTION; GENE DELETION; GENE INSERTION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; PEDIGREE; POINT MUTATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SOMATIC MUTATION; TANDEM REPEAT; WOLF;

CANIDAE; CANIS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CANIS LUPUS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0034119265     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a026328     Document Type: Article

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