History of plastid DNA insertions reveals weak deletion and AT mutation biases in angiosperm mitochondrial genomes

Genome Biology and Evolution

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 3210-3221

  Sloan, Daniel B ^a   Wu, Zhiqiang ^a  

^a Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

Chloroplast; Indel bias; Intracellular gene transfer; Mutational spectrum; Plant mitochondria

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; MITOCHONDRIAL GENOME; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY; PLANT GENOME; PLASTID GENOME;

ANGIOSPERMS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE DELETION; GENOME, MITOCHONDRIAL; GENOME, PLANT; GENOME, PLASTID; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 84934946026     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17596653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evu253     Document Type: Article

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