Gene conversion shapes linear mitochondrial genome architecture

Genome Biology and Evolution

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 905-912

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Gene duplication; Inverted repeat; Mitochondrial DNA; Nucleotide diversity; Plasmid; Telomere

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

CHROMOSOME; EUKARYOTE; GENE CONVERSION; GENE DUPLICATION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; MITOCHONDRIAL GENOME; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PLASMID; TELOMERE; ARTICLE; INVERTED REPEAT; NUCLEOTIDE DIVERSITY;

CHROMOSOMES; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EUKARYOTA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE CONVERSION; GENE DUPLICATION; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME, MITOCHONDRIAL; PLASMIDS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; TELOMERE;

GENE DUPLICATION; INVERTED REPEAT; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; NUCLEOTIDE DIVERSITY; PLASMID; TELOMERE;

EID: 84891458417     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17596653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evt059     Document Type: Article

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