A novel mitochondrial gene order in shorebirds (Scolopacidae, Charadriiformes)

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 411-416

  Verkuil, Yvonne I ^a,b   Piersma, Theunis ^a,c   Baker, Allan J ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Canada)

^c ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aves; Concerted evolution; Control region; Gene duplication; MtDNA; Philomachus pugnax; Sandpiper

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHARADRIIFORMES; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE ORDER; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENETICS; MITOCHONDRIAL GENE; MITOCHONDRIAL GENOME; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHARADRIIFORMES; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE ORDER; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENES, MITOCHONDRIAL; GENOME, MITOCHONDRIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

AMPHIBIA; AVES; CHARADRIIFORMES; MAMMALIA; PHILOMACHUS PUGNAX; SCOLOPACIDAE; THRESKIORNITHIDAE;

EID: 77956228541     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: 10959513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2010.06.010     Document Type: Article

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