Characterization of 67 mitochondrial tRNA gene rearrangements in the hymenoptera suggests that mitochondrial tRNA gene position is selectively neutral

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1607-1617

  Dowton, Mark ^a   Cameron, Stephen L ^b,c   Dowavic, Jessica I ^a   Austin, Andy D ^d   Whiting, Michael F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Duplication random loss; Hymenoptera; Mitochondrial genome; Selectively neutral; TRNA gene

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL RNA; TRANSFER RNA;

ARTICLE; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; GENOME; HYMENOPTERA; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PARASITISM;

ANIMALS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE ORDER; GENES, MITOCHONDRIAL; HYMENOPTERA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, TRANSFER;

HYMENOPTERA; ORUSSUS; SCHLETTERERIUS;

EID: 67649347914     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msp072     Document Type: Article

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