Evolution of extensively fragmented mitochondrial genomes in the lice of humans

Genome Biology and Evolution

Volumn 4, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1088-1101

  Shao, Renfu ^a   Zhu, Xing Quan ^b   Barker, Stephen C ^c   Herd, Kate ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE SUNSHINE COAST   (Australia)

^b INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chromosome evolution; Genome fragmentation; Human lice; Mitochondrial genome

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; PEDICULUS; PEDICULUS HUMANUS; PEDICULUS HUMANUS CORPORIS; PHTHIRAPTERA; PHTHIRIDAE; PHTHIRUS; PTHIRUS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME; DNA FRAGMENTATION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; MITOCHONDRIAL GENOME; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PEDICULUS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOMES; DNA FRAGMENTATION; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENOME, MITOCHONDRIAL; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEDICULUS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID;

EID: 84876062140     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17596653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evs088     Document Type: Article

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