DNA sequence variation in the mitochondrial control region of subterranean mole rats, Spalax ehrenbergi superspecies, in Israel

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 622-632

  Reyes, Aurelio ^a   Nevo, Eviatar ^b   Saccone, Cecilia ^c  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Control region; Mitochondrial DNA; Molecular evolution; Spalax ehrenbergi; Speciation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DNA FLANKING REGION; DNA SEQUENCE; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; ISRAEL; MITOCHONDRION; MOLE RAT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GEOGRAPHY; ISRAEL; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MOLE RATS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VARIATION (GENETICS);

MAMMALIA; NANNOSPALAX EHRENBERGI; RODENTIA; SPALAX; SPALAX CARMELI; SPALAX GALILI; SPALAX GOLANI; SPALAX JUDAEI;

EID: 0037390704     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msg061     Document Type: Article

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