Article
Evolution of mtDNA D-loop sequences and their use in phylogenetic studies of shrews in the subgenus Otisorex (Sorex: Soricidae: Insectivora).
Molecular phylogenetics and evolution - 1 Mar 1994
Stewart D T, Baker A J
Abstract excerpt
mtDNA D-loop sequences were examined in shrews of the genus Sorex. All specimens possessed an array of tandem repeats in which each repeat was 78 to 80 base pairs (bp) in length. Each specimen also possessed a 76-bp imperfect copy of the tandem repeats. Three observations are consistent with the...
Topics
- Animals
- Base Sequence
- Biological Evolution
- DNA
- DNA, Mitochondrial
- Genetic Variation
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Nucleic Acid Conformation
- Phylogeny
- Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid
- Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
- Shrews