Distinct patterns of genetic variation in Pristionchus pacificus and Caenorhabditis elegans, two partially selfing nematodes with cosmopolitan distribution

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1267-1280

  Zauner, Hans ^a   Mayer, Werner E ^a   Herrmann, Matthias ^a   Weller, Andreas ^a   Erwig, Mirja ^a   Sommer, Ralf J ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Hermaphroditism; mtDNA; Population genetics; Pristionchus pacificus

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PRIMER DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; HERMAPHRODITISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; GEOGRAPHY; HERMAPHRODITISM; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE-STRANDED CONFORMATIONAL; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VARIATION (GENETICS);

CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; COLEOPTERA; HEXAPODA; NEMATODA; PRISTIONCHUS; PRISTIONCHUS PACIFICUS; RHABDITIDAE; SCARABAEIDAE;

EID: 33847688601     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2006.03222.x     Document Type: Article

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