Adaptive evolution of the mitochondrial ND6 gene in the domestic horse

Genetics and Molecular Research

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 144-150

  Ning, T ^a,b   Xiao, H ^a   Li, J ^a,b   Hua, S ^a   Zhang, Y P ^a,b  

^a YUNNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b KUNMING INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Adaptive evolution; Domestic horse; ND6

Indexed keywords

REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE DEHYDROGENASE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE DEHYDROGENASE 6; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALTITUDE ACCLIMATIZATION; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HORSE; MITOCHONDRIAL GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE;

ALTITUDE; ANIMALS; CHINA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENES, MITOCHONDRIAL; GENETIC VARIATION; HORSES; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; NADH DEHYDROGENASE; PHYLOGENY; SELECTION, GENETIC;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 77649267962     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16765680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4238/vol9-1gmr705     Document Type: Article

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