Linking the mitochondrial genotype to the organismal phenotype: Invited review

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1523-1539

  Ballard, J W O ^a   Melvin, R G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Bioenergetics; Oxidative phosphorylation; Quaternary structure

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ADAPTATION; CELL NUCLEUS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; ENERGY METABOLISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; MITOCHONDRIAL GENE; MITOCHONDRION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MUTATION; OXIDATIVE PHOSPHORYLATION; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN QUATERNARY STRUCTURE; REVIEW;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; CELL NUCLEUS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; ENERGY METABOLISM; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENES, MITOCHONDRIAL; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; MITOCHONDRIA; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MUTATION; OXIDATIVE PHOSPHORYLATION; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, QUATERNARY;

EID: 77950211646     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2010.04594.x     Document Type: Review

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