Structure and evolution of the avian mitochondrial control region

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 422-432

  Ruokonen, Minna ^a   Kvist, Laura ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Aves; Conserved sequence blocks; Control region; Cytochrome b; mtDNA; Saturation

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; BASE PAIRING; BIRDS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; CYTOCHROME B; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; VARIATION (GENETICS); ANIMALS; CYTOCHROME B GROUP;

AVES; GALLIFORMES; MAMMALIA;

CYTOCHROME B; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; BIRD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE;

EID: 0036019705     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1055-7903(02)00021-0     Document Type: Article

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