Abundant nuclear copies of mitochondrial origin (NUMTs) in the Aedes aegypti genome

Insect Molecular Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 705-713

  Black Iv, W C ^a   Bernhardt, S A ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Aedes aegypti; Mitochondrial insertions; NUMTs

Indexed keywords

NADH DEHYDROGENASE SUBUNIT 4; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE DEHYDROGENASE;

AEDES; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; CELL NUCLEUS; GENE DOSAGE; GENETICS; GENOME; HAPLOTYPE; MITOCHONDRIAL GENE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE;

AEDES; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL NUCLEUS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; GENE DOSAGE; GENES, MITOCHONDRIAL; GENOME; HAPLOTYPES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NADH DEHYDROGENASE;

AEDES AEGYPTI; DIPTERA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 70449461055     PISSN: 09621075     EISSN: 13652583     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2583.2009.00925.x     Document Type: Article

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