An empirical analysis of mt 16S rRNA covarion-like evolution in insects: Site-specific rate variation is clustered and frequently detected

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 460-469

  Misof, B ^a   Anderson, C L ^a,b   Buckley, T R ^c   Erpenbeck, D ^d   Rickert, A ^e   Misof, K ^f  

^a ZOOLOGISCHES FORSCHUNGSMUSEUM ALEXANDER KOENIG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^e MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR PLANT BREEDING RESEARCH   (Germany)

^f Erich Schmid Institute of Materials Science   (Austria)

Author keywords

Covarion; Evolutionary plasticity; mt 16S rRNA; Secondary structure; Site specific rate variation

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL RNA; RIBOSOME RNA; RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; GENE CLUSTER; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; INSECT; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MONOPHYLY; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; RNA SEQUENCE; RNA STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; MITOCHONDRIA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HEXAPODA; INSECTA;

EID: 0036789261     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00239-002-2341-1     Document Type: Article

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