Insect mitochondrial control region: a review of its structure, evolution and usefulness in evolutionary studies

DX Zhang, GM Hewitt - Biochemical Systematics and Ecology, 1997 - Elsevier
The control region is the only major non-coding region in the mitochondrial genome of
insects. It is heavily biased to A+ T nucleotides and seems to evolve under a strong …

The units of selection on mitochondrial DNA

DM Rand - Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics, 2001 - annualreviews.org
▪ Abstract Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) exists in a nested hierarchy of populations. There are
multiple mtDNAs within each mitochondrion, a population of mitochondria in each cell …

Echolocation signals reflect niche differentiation in five sympatric congeneric bat species

BM Siemers, HU Schnitzler - Nature, 2004 - nature.com
Echolocating bats can be divided into guilds according to their preferred habitat and
foraging behaviour,,,, which coincide with distinct adaptations in wing morphology and …

The complete mitochondrial DNA sequence of the horse, Equus caballus: extensive heteroplasmy of the control region

X Xiufeng, Ú Árnason - Gene, 1994 - Elsevier
The sequence of the mitochondrial (mt) DNA of the horse (Equus caballus) was determined.
The length of the sequence presented is 16 660 bp. This figure, however, is not absolute …

Molecular resolution of marine turtle stock composition in fishery bycatch: a case study in the Mediterranean

L Laurent, P Casale, MN Bradai, BJ Godley… - Molecular …, 1998 - Wiley Online Library
Based on an extensive sampling regime from both nesting populations and bycatch,
frequency analyses of mitochondrial (mt) DNA control region haplotypes in the …

Low levels of intraspecific genetic variation at a rapidly evolving chloroplast DNA locus in North American duckweeds (Lemnaceae)

WC Jordan, MW Courtney… - American journal of …, 1996 - Wiley Online Library
Although most previous studies on chloroplast (cp) DNA variation in plants have
concentrated on systematics and evolution above the species level, intraspecific variation in …

Molecular scatology: the use of molecular genetic analysis to assign species, sex and individual identity to seal faeces

JZ Reed, DJ Tollit, PM Thompson, W Amos - Molecular ecology, 1997 - Wiley Online Library
Seals and commercial fisheries are potential competitors for fish and cephalopods.
Research into the diet of British seal species has been based on conventional dietary …

Bats and birds: exceptional longevity despite high metabolic rates

J Munshi-South, GS Wilkinson - Ageing research reviews, 2010 - Elsevier
Bats and birds live substantially longer on average than non-flying mammals of similar body
size. The combination of small body size, high metabolic rates, and long lifespan in bats and …

Information transfer at evening bat colonies

GS Wilkinson - Animal Behaviour, 1992 - Elsevier
Four lines of evidence indicate that evening bats, Nycticeius humeralis, at nursery colonies
in northern Missouri transfer information by following each other to feeding and roosting …

The complete nucleotide sequence of the domestic dog (Canis familiaris) mitochondrial genome

KS Kim, SE Lee, HW Jeong, JH Ha - Molecular phylogenetics and evolution, 1998 - Elsevier
The complete nucleotide sequence of the mitochondrial genome of the domestic dog, Canis
familiaris, was determined. The length of the sequence was 16,728 bp; however, the length …