Molecular approaches in behavioural research: A cautionary note regarding mitochondrial transfers to the nucleus (numts)

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Triant, Deborah A ^a   Hayes, Loren D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT MONROE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cytochrome b; Microtus; Mitochondrial genome; Numt; Pseudogene

Indexed keywords

MICROTUS;

EID: 80051668234     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2011.06.011     Document Type: Note

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