Parallel evolution of the genetic code in arthropod mitochondrial genomes

PLoS Biology

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 711-718

  Abascal, Federico ^a,b   Posada, David ^a   Knight, Robin D ^c   Zardoya, Rafael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

^b MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; LYSINE; SERINE; TRANSFER RNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; CODON; EVOLUTION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME; METAZOON; MITOCHONDRIAL GENETICS; NONHUMAN; RNA TRANSLATION; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GENETICS; MITOCHONDRIAL GENE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY;

ARTHROPODA; INVERTEBRATA; METAZOA;

ANIMALS; ARTHROPODS; CODON; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENES, MITOCHONDRIAL; GENETIC CODE; MODELS, GENETIC; PHYLOGENY; RNA, TRANSFER;

EID: 33646737852     PISSN: 15457885     EISSN: 15457885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0040127     Document Type: Article

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