The 18s rRNA from Odontophyrus americanus 2n and 4n (Amphibia, Anura) reveals unusual extra sequences in the variable region V2

Genome

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 421-428

  Alvares, Lúcia E ^a,b,e   Wuyts, Jan ^c   Van De Peer, Yves ^c   Silva, Eduardo P ^a   Coutinho, Luiz L ^b   Brison, Olivier ^d   Ruiz, Itamar R G ^a  

^a INSTITUTO BUTANTAN   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^d INSTITUT GUSTAVE ROUSSY   (France)

^e KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

18S ribosomal DNA; Amphibia; Molecular evolution; Odontophrynus americanus; Polyploidy

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; ODONTOPHRYNUS; ODONTOPHRYNUS AMERICANUS; REPTILIA; VERTEBRATA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 18S;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; FROGS AND TOADS; GENETICS; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLOIDY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALS; ANURA; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PLOIDIES; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 4143126594     PISSN: 08312796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/g03-145     Document Type: Article

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