Diagnosing mitochondrial DNA diversity: Applications of a sentinel gene approach

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 362-367

  Clare, Elizabeth L ^a   Kerr, Kevin C R ^a   Von Königslöw, Taika E ^a   Wilson, John J ^a   Hebert, Paul D N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Cytochrome c oxidase I; DNA barcoding; GC content; Nucleotide usage

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; NUCLEOTIDE;

ARTICLE; BARCODE OF LIFE DATA SYSTEM; BIODIVERSITY; BIRD; CHORDATA; GC RICH SEQUENCE; GENBANK; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC DATABASE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME; INSECT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE;

ANIMALS; BASE COMPOSITION; BIRDS; CYTOSINE; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX IV; GENES, MITOCHONDRIAL; GENOME, MITOCHONDRIAL; GUANINE; INSECTS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ANIMALIA; AVES; CHORDATA; FUNGI; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 43149113681     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00239-008-9088-2     Document Type: Article

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