Phylogenetic comparison of local length plasticity of the small subunit of nuclear rDNAs among all Hexapoda orders and the impact of hyper-length-variation on alignment

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 310-316

  Xie, Qiang ^a   Tian, Xiaoxuan ^a   Qin, Yan ^b   Bu, Wenjun ^a  

^a NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Hexapoda; Phylogenetic; rDNA; Secondary structure

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFORMATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

ANIMALS; ARTHROPODS; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; GENETIC VARIATION; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

ARTHROPODA; HEMIPTERA; HEXAPODA; STERNORRHYNCHA; STREPSIPTERA;

EID: 58049163862     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: 10959513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2008.10.025     Document Type: Article

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