The complete mitochondrial genome of the enigmatic bigheaded turtle (Platysternon): Description of unusual genomic features and the reconciliation of phylogenetic hypotheses based on mitochondrial and nuclear DNA

BMC Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Parham, James F ^a,b   Feldman, Chris R ^c   Boore, Jeffrey L ^a,b  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL NUCLEUS DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CONTROL; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOMICS; MITOCHONDRIAL GENETICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; TURTLE;

ANIMALS; CELL NUCLEUS; DNA; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; GENE ORDER; GENES, MITOCHONDRIAL; GENOME; GENOMICS; MITOCHONDRIA; MODELS, GENETIC; PHYLOGENY; TURTLES;

ANIMALIA; CHELYDRIDAE; EMYDIDAE; METAZOA; PLATYSTERNIDAE; PLATYSTERNON; PLATYSTERNON MEGACEPHALUM; TESTUDINES; TESTUDINIDAE; TESTUDINOIDEA;

EID: 33645036386     PISSN: 14712148     EISSN: 14712148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-6-11     Document Type: Article

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