Distinguishing gorilla mitochondrial sequences from nuclear integrations and PCR recombinants: Guidelines for their diagnosis in complex sequence databases

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 553-566

  Anthony, Nicola M ^a   Clifford, Stephen L ^b   Bawe Johnson, Mireille ^b   Abernethy, Kate A ^b,c   Bruford, Michael W ^a   Jean Wickings, E ^b  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Centre International de Recherches Médicales Franceville CIRMF   (Gabon)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Control region; Gorilla; HV1; Mitochondrial DNA; Nuclear integrations; Numts; Phylogeography; Recombination

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETICS; GORILLA; NUCLEIC ACID DATABASE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL NUCLEUS; DATABASES, NUCLEIC ACID; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; GORILLA GORILLA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 34248186653     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: 10959513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2006.09.013     Document Type: Article

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