Characterization and molecular phylogenetic analysis of mariner elements from wild and domesticated species of silkmoths

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 210-217

  Dharma Prasad, M ^a   Nurminsky, Dmitry L ^b   Nagaraju, Javaregowda ^a  

^a Center for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics   (India)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOTH; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SILKWORM; TRANSPOSON;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BOMBYX; DNA; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOTHS; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ANIMALIA; BOMBYX MORI; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; TRANSPOSONS;

EID: 0036395759     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1055-7903(02)00225-7     Document Type: Article

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