The complete mitochondrial genome of Solemya velum (Mollusca: Bivalvia) and its relationships with Conchifera

BMC Genomics

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Plazzi, Federico ^a   Ribani, Anisa ^a   Passamonti, Marco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Gene arrangement; Mitochondrial genome; Mitogenomics; Origin of replication; Solemya velum

Indexed keywords

ABALONE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIVALVE; CONCHIFERA; CONTROLLED STUDY; COX3 GENE; GENE; GENE REPLICATION; GENE STRUCTURE; KATHARINA; MITOCHONDRIAL GENOME; MOLLUSC; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; OPPONOBRANCHIA; PHYLOGENY; SOLEMYA VELUM; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; GENE ORDER; GENOME, MITOCHONDRIAL; GENOMICS; MOLLUSCA; PHYLOGENY;

BIVALVIA; GASTROPODA; HALIOTIS; KATHARINA; MOLLUSCA; SOLEMYA; SOLEMYA VELUM; SOLEMYOIDA;

EID: 84879033169     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-14-409     Document Type: Article

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