High rate of large deletions in Caenorhabditis briggsae mitochondrial genome mutation processes

Genome Biology and Evolution

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 29-38

  Howe, Dana K ^a   Baer, Charles F ^b   Denver, Dee R ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bottleneck; Heteroplasmy; Mutation accumulation line; Nematode

Indexed keywords

CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS BRIGGSAE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 77958465787     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17596653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evp055     Document Type: Article

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