Do Avian Mitochondria Recombine?

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 163-167

  Berlin, Sofia ^a   Smith, Nick G C ^a   Ellegren, Hans ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Blue tits; Genealogical inference; Microsatellite polymorphism; Mitochondrial recombination; Peregrine falcons; W chromosome

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BIRD; DNA POLYMORPHISM; GENE SEQUENCE; GENEALOGY; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MITOCHONDRION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SEX CHROMOSOME; SPECIES COMPARISON;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EXTRACHROMOSOMAL INHERITANCE; GENE FREQUENCY; HAPLOTYPES; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SONGBIRDS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

AVES; CICONIIFORMES; FALCO; FALCO PEREGRINUS; PARUS; PARUS CAERULEUS; PEREGRINUS;

EID: 0842290935     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00239-003-2537-z     Document Type: Article

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