Direct estimation of the mitochondrial DNA mutation rate in Drosophila melanogaster

PLoS Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1706-1714

  Haag Liautard, Cathy ^a,d   Coffey, Nicole ^b   Houle, David ^c   Lynch, Michael ^b   Charlesworth, Brian ^a   Keightley, Peter D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE DELETION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE INSERTION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MITOCHONDRIAL GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MUTATION;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER;

ANIMALS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETIC VARIATION; MUTATION;

EID: 50249175024     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: 15457885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0060204     Document Type: Article

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