Complete mitochondrial DNA sequence of the scallop Placopecten magellanicus: Evidence of transposition leading to an uncharacteristically large mitochondrial genome

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 380-391

  Smith, David R ^a,b   Snyder, Marlene ^a  

^a ACADIA UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bivalve; Dispersed repeats; Mitochondrial genome; Mollusk; Placopecten magellanicus; Transposition

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; NUCLEOTIDE; REPETITIVE DNA; TRANSFER RNA;

ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA TRANSPOSITION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CODE; MITOCHONDRIAL GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLACOPECTEN MAGELLANICUS; RNA STRUCTURE; SCALLOP;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; GENOME; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PECTINIDAE; RNA, TRANSFER; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID;

BIVALVIA; METAZOA; PECTINIDAE; PLACOPECTEN MAGELLANICUS;

EID: 35748946010     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00239-007-9016-x     Document Type: Article

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