Variability of the mitochondrial genome in mammals at the inter-species/intra-species boundary

Biological Chemistry

Volumn 388, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 943-946

  Santamaria, Monica ^a   Lanave, Cecilia ^a   Vicario, Saverio ^a   Saccone, Cecilia ^a,b  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Barcode; Biodiversity; Genetic distances; Molecular marker; MtDNA; Site variability

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MOLECULAR MARKER;

BIODIVERSITY; BOS INDICUS; BOS TAURUS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC DISTANCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME; HOMO SAPIENS; MAMMAL; METAZOON; MITOCHONDRIAL GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SHORT SURVEY; SWINE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CATTLE; DOGS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENES, MITOCHONDRIAL; GENOME, MITOCHONDRIAL; HUMANS; MITOCHONDRIA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SUS SCROFA; VARIATION (GENETICS);

BOS INDICUS; BOS TAURUS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; EUKARYOTA; HOMO SAPIENS; MAMMALIA; METAZOA; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 34547871296     PISSN: 14316730     EISSN: 14374315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/BC.2007.121     Document Type: Short Survey

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