Concerted Evolution of Duplicated Control Regions within an Ostracod Mitochondrial Genome
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Concerted evolution of duplicated control regions within an ostracod mitochondrial genome.
The luminescent marine ostracod Vargula hilgendorfii comprises distinct populations around the Japanese islands. Its mitochondrial DNA is unusual, with duplicated control regions (CRs; CR#1 and CR#2). We determined the sequences of ostracod CRs in 7 different populations. The sequences of CR#1 and CR#2 within any population were extremely similar, above 99.7%; moreover, their derived evolutiona...
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عنوان ژورنال: Molecular Biology and Evolution
سال: 2006
ISSN: 1537-1719,0737-4038
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msl132