Mitochondrial DNA in metazoa: Degree of freedom in a frozen event

Gene

Volumn 286, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 3-12

  Saccone, Cecilia ^a,b   Gissi, Carmela ^c   Reyes, Aurelio ^a   Larizza, Alessandra ^b   Sbisà, Elisabetta ^a   Pesole, Graziano ^c  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Asymmetry; Base composition; Codon usage; Displacement loop region; Substitution rate

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

CODON USAGE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; GENE ORDER; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; HUMAN; INHERITANCE; METAZOON; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR SIZE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BASE COMPOSITION; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; MUTATION; PHYLOGENY;

METAZOA;

EID: 0037029128     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(01)00807-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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