Complete mitochondrial genome sequences of three Crocodylus species and their comparison within the Order Crocodylia

Gene

Volumn 478, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 35-41

  Meganathan, P R ^a   Dubey, Bhawna ^a   Batzer, Mark A ^b   Ray, David A ^a   Haque, Ikramul ^a  

^a CENTRAL FORENSIC SCIENCE LABORATORY   (India)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Codon usage; Crocodylus johnstoni; Crocodylus moreletii; Crocodylus palustris; Mitochondrial genome; Phylogenetic relationships

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; NUCLEOTIDE; RIBOSOME RNA; TRANSFER RNA; UNTRANSLATED RNA;

ALLIGATOR; ARTICLE; CODON; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; EVOLUTIONARY HOMOLOGY; GENE SEQUENCE; MITOCHONDRIAL GENOME; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TAXONOMY;

ALLIGATORS AND CROCODILES; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CODON; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE ORDER; GENES, MITOCHONDRIAL; GENES, RRNA; GENOME, MITOCHONDRIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE ANNOTATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; RNA, TRANSFER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

CROCODYLIDAE (ALL CROCODILES); CROCODYLUS; CROCODYLUS JOHNSONI; CROCODYLUS MORELETII; CROCODYLUS PALUSTRIS;

EID: 79955012355     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2011.01.012     Document Type: Article

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