Relaxation of selective constraint on dog mitochondrial DNA following domestication

Genome Research

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 990-994

  Björnerfeldt, Susanne ^a   Webster, Matthew T ^a,b   Vilà, Carles ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COYOTE; DOG; DOMESTICATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; LIFESTYLE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; WOLF;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; DOGS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; PHYLOGENY;

CANIDAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CANIS LUPUS;

EID: 33746731132     PISSN: 10889051     EISSN: 15495469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gr.5117706     Document Type: Article

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