Mitochondrial phylogenomics of the Bivalvia (Mollusca): Searching for the origin and mitogenomic correlates of doubly uniparental inheritance of mtDNA

BMC Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Doucet Beaupré, Hélène ^a,b   Breton, Sophie ^b   Chapman, Eric G ^c   Blier, Pierre U ^a   Bogan, Arthur E ^d   Stewart, Donald T ^e   Hoeh, Walter R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

^b KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^d NORTH CAROLINA MUSEUM OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^e ACADIA UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIVALVE; DIVERGENCE; GENE; GENOME; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PHYLOGENETICS;

ANIMALIA; BIVALVIA; INVERSIDENS JAPANENSIS; LAMPSILIS ORNATA; MOLLUSCA; PTERIOMORPHIA; PYGANODON GRANDIS; QUADRULA QUADRULA; UNIONOIDA; VENEROIDA; VENUSTACONCHA ELLIPSIFORMIS;

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIVALVE; GENETICS; MITOCHONDRION; PHYLOGENY;

ANIMALS; BIVALVIA; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; MITOCHONDRIA; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 77949285980     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-10-50     Document Type: Article

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