Structure and evolution of the mitochondrial control region and flanking sequences in the European cave salamander Proteus anguinus

Gene

Volumn 378, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 31-41

  Gorički, Špela ^a   Trontelj, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Amphibia; Mitochondrial DNA; Phylogeny; Proteidae; Tandem repeats

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; SPACER DNA; TRANSFER RNA;

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FLANKING REGION; FISH GENETICS; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; MITOCHONDRIAL GENETICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORTHOLOGY; PARSIMONY ANALYSIS; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALAMANDER; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SUBSPECIES; TAXONOMY; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA; CROATIA; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIDAE; SLOVENIA;

ANIMALIA; EURYCEA LUCIFUGA; PROTEUS ANGUINUS;

EID: 33746304442     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2006.04.016     Document Type: Article

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