Arrangement and structural conservation of the mitochondrial control region of two species of Plecoptera: Utility of tandem repeat-containing regions in studies of population genetics and evolutionary history

Insect Molecular Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 605-610

  Schultheis, A S ^a,c   Weigt, L A ^b,d   Hendricks, A C ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA BIOINFORMATICS INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c STETSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Control region; mtDNA; Origin of replication; Plecoptera; Secondary structure; Tandem repeats

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EVOLUTION; GENETICS, POPULATION; INSECTS; MITOCHONDRIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID;

DIPTERA; INSECTA; ORTHOPTERA; PLECOPTERA;

EID: 18744397505     PISSN: 09621075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2583.2002.00371.x     Document Type: Article

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