Low mitochondrial DNA variation among American alligators and a novel non-coding region in crocodilians

Journal of Experimental Zoology

Volumn 294, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 312-324

  Glenn, Travis C ^a,b   Staton, Joseph L ^c   Vu, Alex T ^a   Davis, Lisa M ^a,b   Alvarado Bremer, Jaime R ^a,e   Rhodes, Walter E ^d   Brisbin Jr , I Lehr ^b   Sawyer, Roger H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

^e TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLIGATORS AND CROCODILES; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CYTOCHROME B GROUP; DNA, INTERGENIC; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS; SAMPLE SIZE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; UNITED STATES; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ALLIGATOR MISSISSIPPIENSIS; ALLIGATOR SINENSIS; ALLIGATORINAE; CROCODYLIDAE (ALL CROCODILES);

EID: 0037115572     PISSN: 0022104X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jez.10206     Document Type: Conference Paper

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