Plant mitochondrial DNA evolved rapidly in structure, but slowly in sequence

1988/12/01 by Jeffrey D. Palmer, Laura A. Herbon · 766 citations
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · #Biology #Chloroplast DNA #Evolutionary biology #Gene #Genetics #Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies #Mitochondrial DNA #Mitochondrial Function and Pathology #Molecular evolution #Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms #Phylogenetics #Sequence (biology)

paper · open access · doi:10.1007/bf02143500

published in Journal of Molecular Evolution 28(1-2), 87-97 (Springer Science+Business Media)

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