Article
Mitochondrial DNA evolution at a turtle's pace: evidence for low genetic variability and reduced microevolutionary rate in the Testudines.
Molecular biology and evolution - 1 May 1992
Avise J C, Bowen B W, Lamb T, Meylan A B, Bermingham E
Abstract excerpt
Evidence is compiled suggesting a slowdown in mean microevolutionary rate for turtle mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA). Within each of six species or species complexes of Testudines, representing six genera and three taxonomic families, sequence divergence estimates derived from restriction assays are co...
Topics
- Animals
- Biological Evolution
- DNA, Mitochondrial
- Genetic Variation
- Turtles