Organization and variation of the mitochondrial control region in two vulture species, Gypaetus barbatus and Neophron percnopterus

Journal of Heredity

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 332-337

  Roques, Séverine ^a   Godoy, J A ^a   Negro, J J ^a   Hiraldo, F ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRD; C BOX ELEMENT; D BOX ELEMENT; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA STRUCTURE; E BOX ELEMENT; ENDANGERED SPECIES; F BOX MOTIF; GENE CONTROL; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GYPAETUS BARBATUS; NEOPHRON PERCNOPTERUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POPULATION SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TANDEM REPEAT; VULTURE;

ANIMALS; BASE COMPOSITION; BASE SEQUENCE; BIRDS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EUROPE; LOCUS CONTROL REGION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TANDEM REPEAT SEQUENCES; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ANIMALIA; AVES; GYPAETUS BARBATUS; NEOPHRON PERCNOPTERUS;

EID: 0942273207     PISSN: 00221503     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jhered/esh047     Document Type: Article

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