Mitochondrial genomic rearrangements in songbirds

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 107-113

  Bensch, Staffan ^a   Härlid, Anna ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Control region; Genomic rearrangements; Mitochondrial DNA; NADH6; Phylloscopus

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMIC ACID TRANSFER RNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PROLINE TRANSFER RNA; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE;

ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; FOWL; GENE DELETION; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; GENOME; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; RNA GENE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SONGBIRD; TANDEM REPEAT;

PHYLLOSCOPUS;

EID: 0343340115     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a026223     Document Type: Article

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