Novel organization of the mitochondrial genome in the deep-sea coral, Madrepora oculata (Hexacorallia, Scleractinia, Oculinidae) and its taxonomic implications

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 323-328

  Lin, Mei Fang ^a,c   Kitahara, Marcelo Visentini ^b   Tachikawa, Hiroyuki ^d   Fukami, Hironobu ^e   Miller, David John ^c   Chen, Chaolun Allen ^a,f,g  

^a BIODIVERSITY RESEARCH CENTER   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM AND INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MIYAZAKI   (Japan)

^f NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^g ACADEMIA SINICA   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Gene rearrangement; Madrepora; Mitochondrial genome; Scleractinian

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ANTHOZOA; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENETICS; MITOCHONDRIAL GENOME; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENOME, MITOCHONDRIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ANTHOZOA; MADREPORA; MADREPORA MINUTISEPTUM; MADREPORA OCULATA; OCULINIDAE; SCLERACTINIA; ZOANTHARIA;

EID: 84864560788     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: 10959513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2012.06.011     Document Type: Article

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