In silico discovery of a nearly complete mitochondrial genome Numt in the dog (Canis lupus familiaris) nuclear genome

Genetica

Volumn 143, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 453-458

  Verscheure, Sophie ^a,b   Backeljau, Thierry ^b,c   Desmyter, Stijn ^a  

^a National Institute of Criminalistics and Criminology   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^c ROYAL BELGIAN INSTITUTE OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Canis lupus familiaris; Mitochondrial DNA; Numt

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANIS FAMILIARIS;

ANIMAL; BIOLOGY; CHROMOSOME MAP; DOG; GENOME; GENOMICS; MITOCHONDRIAL GENOME; PROCEDURES;

ANIMALS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DOGS; GENOME; GENOME, MITOCHONDRIAL; GENOMICS;

EID: 84933674689     PISSN: 00166707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10709-015-9844-3     Document Type: Article

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