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Evolution of the mitochondrial DNA control region and cytochrome b genes and the inference of phylogenetic relationships in the avian genus Lophura (Galliformes).
Molecular phylogenetics and evolution - 1 May 2001
Randi E, Lucchini V, Hennache A, Kimball R T, Braun E L, Ligon J D
Abstract excerpt
The entire mitochondrial DNA control region (mtDNA CR) and cytochrome b (cyt b) genes were sequenced in 10 of the 11 extant species of gallopheasants (Lophura). The cyt b from L. diardi and L. ignita showed unusual leucine-coding codons at the expected terminal 3' end of the gene. Presence of conserved functional motifs in the inferred amino acid sequences, conserved secondary structures of the flanking tRNA(Pro)...
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