Nuclear mitochondrial pseudogenes as molecular outgroups for phylogenetically isolated taxa: A case study in Sphenodon

Heredity

Volumn 93, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 468-475

  Hay, J M ^a   Sarre, S D ^b   Daugherty, C H ^c  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

^c VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Bubble PCR; Cytochrome b; Nuclear mitochondrial pseudogene; Numt; Tuatara

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME B; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; PHYLOGENETICS; POPULATION GENETICS; TAXONOMY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; GENETICS; LIZARD; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NEW ZEALAND; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PSEUDOGENE; TRANSPOSON;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL NUCLEUS; CYTOCHROMES B; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; LIZARDS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEW ZEALAND; PHYLOGENY; PSEUDOGENES;

AUSTRALASIA; COOK STRAIT; NEW ZEALAND;

AMPHIBIA; RAPHIA FRATER; REPTILIA; SPHENODON; SPHENODON GUNTHERI; SPHENODON PUNCTATUS; TRANSPOSONS;

EID: 7044271238     PISSN: 0018067X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.hdy.6800525     Document Type: Article

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