Mitochondrial replication origin stability and propensity of adjacent tRNA genes to form putative replication origins increase developmental stability in lizards

Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution

Volumn 306, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 433-449

  Seligmann, Hervé ^a   Krishnan, Neeraja M ^b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b TATA INSTITUTE OF FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; TRANSFER RNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DNA REPLICATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LIZARD; MITOCHONDRION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION;

ANIMALS; DNA REPLICATION; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; LIZARDS; MITOCHONDRIA; RNA, TRANSFER; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VARIATION (GENETICS);

AMPHISBAENIDAE; ANGUIDAE; POLYCHROTINAE; SQUAMATA;

EID: 33749253884     PISSN: 15525007     EISSN: 15525015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jez.b.21095     Document Type: Article

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