No evidence for the 'Meselson effect' in parthenogenetic oribatid mites (Oribatida, Acari)

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 184-193

  Schaefer, I ^a   Domes, K ^a   Heethoff, M ^b   Schneider, K ^a   Schon I ^c   Norton, R A ^d   Scheu, S ^a   Maraun, M ^a  

^a DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c ROYAL BELGIAN INSTITUTE OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Belgium)

^d STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Ancient asexuals; ef 1 ; hsp82; Oribatid mites; Parthenogenesis

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; ELONGATION FACTOR 1; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; PRIMER DNA;

MITE; MUTATION; PARTHENOGENESIS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE CONVERSION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; MITE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARTHENOGENESIS; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION GENETICS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE CONVERSION; GENETICS, POPULATION; HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MITES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PARTHENOGENESIS; PEPTIDE ELONGATION FACTOR 1; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ACARI; ORIBATIDA; PLATYNOTHRUS PELTIFER; STEGANACARUS MAGNUS;

EID: 33645074144     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2005.00975.x     Document Type: Article

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