Mitochondrial genome size variation in New World and Old World populations of Drosophila melanogaster

Heredity

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 98-103

  Townsend, J P ^a,b   Rand, D M ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Genetic drift; Genome size; Heteroplasmy; mtDNA; Mutation accumulation; Population genetics

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

FOUNDER EFFECT; GENETIC VARIATION; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; POPULATION GENETICS; RANGE EXPANSION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOME; MUTATION; POPULATION GENETICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEMALE; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOME; MUTATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

DIPTERA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILIDAE; INSERTION SEQUENCES; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 3242777120     PISSN: 0018067X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.hdy.6800484     Document Type: Article

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