Concerted evolution of duplicated mitochondrial control regions in three related seabird species

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Many population genetic and phylogenetic analyses of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) assume that mitochondrial genomes do not undergo recombination. Recently, concerted evolution of duplicated mitochondrial control regions has been documen...

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Main Authors: Birt Tim P, Taylor Scott A, Morris-Pocock James A, Friesen Vicki L
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2010-01-01
Series:BMC Evolutionary Biology
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2148/10/14