Origin and evolution of tandem repeats in the mitochondrial DNA control region of shrikes (Lanius spp.)

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 250-257

  Mundy, Nicholas I ^a   Helbig, Andreas J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

Author keywords

Control region; Mitochondrial DNA; Tandem repeats

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BIRD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; DYNAMICS; EVOLUTION; GENE CONTROL; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HOMOGENATE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TANDEM REPEAT;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PASSERIFORMES; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TANDEM REPEAT SEQUENCES;

AVES; LANIIDAE; LANIUS; LANIUS EXCUBITOR; LANIUS LUDOVICIANUS;

EID: 4344640633     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00239-004-2619-6     Document Type: Article

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