Relaxation of selective constraints on avian mitochondrial DNA following the degeneration of flight ability

Genome Research

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1760-1765

  Shen, Yong Yi ^a,b,c   Shi, Peng ^a   Sun, Yan Bo ^a,b,c   Zhang, Ya Ping ^a,b  

^a KUNMING INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^b YUNNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLYING; FOWL; GENE MUTATION; LOCOMOTION; MITOCHONDRIAL GENOME; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POPULATION SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; EXTINCTION, BIOLOGICAL; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SELECTION, GENETIC;

AVES; MAMMALIA; PALAEOGNATHAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 70349638617     PISSN: 10889051     EISSN: 15495469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gr.093138.109     Document Type: Article

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