The complete mitochondrial genome of the relict frog Leiopelma archeyi: Insights into the root of the frog Tree of Life

Mitochondrial DNA

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 173-182

  Irisarri, Iker ^a   San Mauro, Diego ^b   Green, David M ^c   Zardoya, Rafael ^a  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anura; Evolution; Gene rearrangement; Leiopelmatidae; Mitochondrial genome; Molecular phylogeny

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME B; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE DEHYDROGENASE;

ARTICLE; ASCAPHUS; CLADISTICS; DNA EXTRACTION; FROG; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; LEIOPELMA ARCHEYI; MITOCHONDRIAL GENE; MITOCHONDRIAL GENOME; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREE OF LIFE;

ANIMALS; ANURA; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE ORDER; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENOME, MITOCHONDRIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH AMERICA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VERTEBRATES;

ANURA; ASCAPHUS; ASCAPHUS TRUEI; LEIOPELMA; LEIOPELMA ARCHEYI; LEIOPELMATIDAE; PISCES; SALAMANDROIDEA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 77958477598     PISSN: 19401736     EISSN: 19401744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/19401736.2010.513973     Document Type: Article

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