Extraordinary number of gene rearrangements in the mitochondrial genomes of lice (Phthiraptera: Insecta)

Insect Molecular Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 63-68

  Covacin, C ^a   Shao, R ^a,b   Cameron, S ^a,c   Barker, S C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b FUKUYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amblycera; Anoplura; Campanulotes; mtDNA

Indexed keywords

TRANSFER RNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME MAP; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE ORDER; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENETICS; GENOME; LOUSE; MITOCHONDRIAL GENE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; GENE ORDER; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENES, MITOCHONDRIAL; GENOME, INSECT; LICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RNA, TRANSFER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

AMBLYCERA; ANOPLURA; CAMPANULOTES; CAMPANULOTES BIDENTATUS; COLUMBA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; PHTHIRAPTERA;

EID: 33645047154     PISSN: 09621075     EISSN: 13652583     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2583.2005.00608.x     Document Type: Article

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