Mitochondrial DNA as a marker of molecular diversity: A reappraisal

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 22, 2009, Pages 4541-4550

  Galtier, N ^a   Nabholz, B ^b   GlEmin S ^a   Hurst, G D D ^c  

^a INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE L EVOLUTION   (France)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Molecular clock; Mutation hotspots; Population; Recombination; Wolbachio

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; INHERITANCE; MITOCHONDRIAL GENOME; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MUTATION; POPULATION GENETICS; REVIEW; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETIC SPECIATION; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOME, MITOCHONDRIAL; INHERITANCE PATTERNS; MUTATION; SELECTION, GENETIC;

EID: 70350771134     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2009.04380.x     Document Type: Review

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