Contrasting rates of mitochondrial molecular evolution in parasitic diptera and hymenoptera

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 1100-1113

  Castro, L R ^a   Austin, A D ^b   Dowton, M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Compositional bias; Gene rearrangement; Molecular rates; Parasitic diptera; Point mutations; Relative rate test

Indexed keywords

AEDES AEGYPTI; ARTICLE; CHIRONOMIDAE; FLY; FOUNDER EFFECT; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HYMENOPTERA; MITOCHONDRION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITISM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RADIATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY;

AEDES AEGYPTI; ARACHNIDA; CHIRONOMIDAE; DIPTERA; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA;

CYCLOOXYGENASE 1; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; ISOENZYME; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHASE; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 28S; TRANSFER RNA;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CYCLOOXYGENASE 1; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; DIPTERA; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE REARRANGEMENT; HYMENOPTERA; ISOENZYMES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PROSTAGLANDIN-ENDOPEROXIDE SYNTHASES; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 28S; RNA, TRANSFER; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0035986877     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a004168     Document Type: Article

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