Twenty-fold difference in evolutionary rates between the mitochondrial and plastid genomes of species with secondary red plastids

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 181-184

  Smith, David Roy ^a   Keeling, Patrick J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Babesia bovis; Emiliania huxleyi; genetic diversity; haptophyte; Heterosigma akashiwo

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME; GREEN ALGA; MITOCHONDRION; MUTATION; PLASTID; PROTOZOAN; RED ALGA;

ARTICLE; BABESIA; CYTOLOGY; EUKARYOTE; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; HAPTOPHYTA; MITOCHONDRIAL GENOME; MITOCHONDRION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION RATE; PLASTID; PLASTID GENOME; RED ALGA;

BABESIA; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; EUKARYOTA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENOME, MITOCHONDRIAL; GENOME, PLASTID; HAPTOPHYTA; MITOCHONDRIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION RATE; PLASTIDS; RHODOPHYTA;

ALGAE; BABESIA BOVIS; CHLOROPHYTA; EMBRYOPHYTA; EMILIANIA HUXLEYI; HAPTOPHYCEAE; HETEROSIGMA AKASHIWO; PROTISTA;

EID: 84862779930     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: 15507408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.2011.00601.x     Document Type: Article

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