Repetitive sequences in the crocodilian mitochondrial control region: Poly-A sequences and heteroplasmic tandem repeats

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1006-1013

  Ray, David A ^a,b   Densmore, Llewellyn D ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Crocodylia; Crocodylus; Heteroplasmy; Mitochondrial control region; VNTR

Indexed keywords

ALLIGATOR; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HAPLOTYPE; HETEROPLASMY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TANDEM REPEAT;

ALLIGATORS AND CROCODILES; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; MITOCHONDRIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; POLY A; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ALLIGATOR; CAIMAN; CROCODYLIDAE (ALL CROCODILES); CROCODYLUS; CROCODYLUS MORELETII; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0038247840     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msg117     Document Type: Article

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