The complete mitochondrial genome of the Onychophoran Epiperipatus biolleyi reveals a unique transfer RNA set and provides further support for the Ecdysozoa hypothesis

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 42-51

  Podsiadlowski, Lars ^a   Braband, Anke ^b   Mayer, Georg ^c  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Arthropoda; Mitochondrial gene order; Mitochondrial genome; Onychophora; tRNA import

Indexed keywords

TRANSFER RNA;

ANTICODON; ARTICLE; EPIPERIPATUS BIOLLEYI; GENE SEQUENCE; MITOCHONDRIAL GENE; MITOCHONDRIAL GENETICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; RNA TRANSPORT; WORM;

ANIMALS; CODON; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENOME, MITOCHONDRIAL; INVERTEBRATES; MITOCHONDRIA; RNA, TRANSFER; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ARTHROPODA; BILATERIA; ECDYSOZOA; EPIPERIPATUS BIOLLEYI; NEMATODA; ONYCHOPHORA; PANARTHROPODA; PERIPATIDAE; PLATYHELMINTHES; PRIAPULIDA; PRIAPULIDAE; TARDIGRADA;

EID: 38349163697     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msm223     Document Type: Article

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