Rapid evolution of the compact and unusual mitochondrial genome in the ctenophore, Pleurobrachia bachei

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 203-207

  Kohn, Andrea B ^a   Citarella, Mathew R ^a   Kocot, Kevin M ^b   Bobkova, Yelena V ^a   Halanych, Kenneth M ^b   Moroz, Leonid L ^a,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Basal metazoan; Ctenophore; Gene loss; Mitochondrial genome

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CTENOPHORA; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; MITOCHONDRIAL GENE; MITOCHONDRIAL GENOME; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY;

ANIMALS; CTENOPHORA; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENES, MITOCHONDRIAL; GENOME, MITOCHONDRIAL; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ANIMALIA; CTENOPHORA (COELENTERATES); METAZOA; PLACOZOA; PLEUROBRACHIA BACHEI; PORIFERA; TRICHOPLAX;

EID: 84857235575     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: 10959513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2011.12.009     Document Type: Article

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