Advanced formulation of base pair changes in the stem regions of ribosomal RNAs; its application to mitochondrial rRNAs for resolving the phylogeny of animals

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 222, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 447-460

  Otsuka, Jinya ^a   Sugaya, Nobuyoshi ^a  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Base pair changes; Divergence time; Phylogeny of animals; Ribosomal RNA; Selection

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL RNA; NUCLEAR RNA; RIBOSOME RNA;

ANIMAL; DIVERGENCE; EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY; RNA;

ANNELID WORM; ANTHROPOIDEA; ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BASE PAIRING; BIODIVERSITY; CALIBRATION; CAMBRIAN; CELL NUCLEUS; CHORDATA; COELENTERATE; CRUSTACEA; ECHINODERM; FAUNA; FOSSIL; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOLOGICAL TIME; INSECT; MITOCHONDRION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLLUSC; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; PHYLOGENY; PLATYHELMINTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELEOST; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ANIMALIA; ANNELIDA; ARTHROPODA; CEPHALOCHORDATA; CHONDRICHTHYES; CNIDARIA; CRUSTACEA; DEUTEROSTOMIA; ECHINODERMATA; HEMICHORDATA; INSECTA; MOLLUSCA; PLATYHELMINTHES; PROTOSTOMIA; TELEOST FISH; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 0038440445     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5193(03)00057-2     Document Type: Article

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