Mitochondrial DNA of clathrina clathrus (Calcarea, Calcinea): Six linear chromosomes, fragmented rRNAs, tRNA editing, and a novel genetic code

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 865-880

  Lavrov, Dennis V ^a   Pett, Walker ^a   Voigt, Oliver ^b   Wörheide, Gert ^b,c   Forget, Lise ^d   Lang, B Franz ^d   Kayal, Ehsan ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c BAYERISCHE STAATSSAMMLUNG FÜR PALÄONTOLOGIE UND GEOLOGIE   (Germany)

^d Universite de Montreal   (Canada)

Author keywords

genome evolution; mitochondrial DNA; Porifera

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; RIBOSOME RNA; TRANSFER RNA;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME; CLATHRINA CLATHRUS; CODON; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA SYNTHESIS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MITOCHONDRIAL GENOME; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POPULATION RESEARCH; RNA EDITING; RNA EXTRACTION; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; SPONGE (PORIFERA);

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BAYES THEOREM; CHROMOSOMES; CODON; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA, INTERGENIC; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME, MITOCHONDRIAL; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PHYLOGENY; PORIFERA; RNA EDITING; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; RNA, TRANSFER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TERMINAL REPEAT SEQUENCES;

ANIMALIA; CALCAREA; CALCINEA; CLATHRINA CLATHRUS; CLATHRINIDAE; DEMOSPONGIAE; HEXACTINELLIDA; HOMOSCLEROMORPHA; PORIFERA;

EID: 84875610117     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/mss274     Document Type: Article

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