Repetitive sequences in Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx L.) mitochondrial DNA control region

Mitochondrial DNA

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 201-207

  Sindičić, Magda ^a   Gomerčić, Tomislav ^a   Galov, Ana ^b   Polanc, Primož ^c   Huber, Duro ^a   Slavica, Alen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Control region; Eurasian lynx; Lynx lynx; MtDNA; Repetitive sequences

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA STRUCTURE; LYNX; LYNX LYNX; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE MOTIF; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES COMPARISON;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; LOCUS CONTROL REGION; LYNX; MITOCHONDRIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; TANDEM REPEAT SEQUENCES;

FELIDAE; FELIS CATUS; LYNX LYNX;

EID: 84861842481     PISSN: 19401736     EISSN: 19401744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/19401736.2012.668894     Document Type: Article

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