Evolution of the mitochondrial genome in snakes: Gene rearrangements and phylogenetic relationships

BMC Genomics

Volumn 9, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Yan, Jie ^a   Li, Hongdan ^a   Zhou, Kaiya ^a  

^a NANJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; TRANSFER RNA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DNA DETERMINATION; GENE CLUSTER; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE TRANSLOCATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME ANALYSIS; MITOCHONDRIAL GENE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; RNA ANALYSIS; SNAKE; TAXONOMY; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENETICS; MITOCHONDRIAL GENOME;

ALETHINOPHIDIA; COLUBRIDAE; ELAPIDAE; ENHYDRIS PLUMBEA; HOMALOPSINAE; RAMPHOTYPHLOPS; RAMPHOTYPHLOPS BRAMINUS; REPTILIA; SERPENTES;

ANIMALS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENES, MITOCHONDRIAL; GENOME, MITOCHONDRIAL; MODELS, GENETIC; PHYLOGENY; SNAKES;

EID: 60849122547     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-9-569     Document Type: Article

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