Comparing evolutionary patterns and variability in the mitochondrial control region and cytochrome b in three species of baleen whales

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 97-111

  Alter, S Elizabeth ^a,b   Palumbi, Stephen R ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NRDC   (United States)

Author keywords

Cetacea; Mammalian; Marine mammal; Mitochondrial genome; Substitution rate

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; CYTOCHROMES B; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME, MITOCHONDRIAL; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; WHALES;

BALAENOPTERA ACUTOROSTRATA; BALAENOPTERA BONAERENSIS; CETACEA; MAMMALIA; MEGAPTERA; MYSTICETI; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 59849116001     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00239-008-9193-2     Document Type: Article

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