Relative rates of evolution in the coding and control regions of African mtDNAs

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 2213-2221

  Howell, Neil ^a,b   Elson, Joanna L ^c   Howell, Corinna ^d   Turnbull, Douglass M ^c  

^a MIGENIX Corporation   (United States)

^b University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d Migenix Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Mitochondrial DNA; Molecular clock; Molecular evolution; Phylogenetic analysis; Selection

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; RIBOSOME RNA; TRANSFER RNA;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC SELECTION; HAPLOTYPE; MOLECULAR CLOCK; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

AFRICA; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 35348884257     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msm147     Document Type: Article

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