1997
Synonymous substitution rates in Drosophila: Mitochondrial versus nuclear genes
Moriyama E, Powell J. Synonymous substitution rates in Drosophila: Mitochondrial versus nuclear genes. Journal Of Molecular Evolution 1997, 45: 378-391. PMID: 9321417, DOI: 10.1007/pl00006243.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSynonymous substitution ratesHigher synonymous substitution ratesNuclear genesMitochondrial genesSubstitution ratesDivergence time estimatesBase composition biasNuclear genomeSynonymous ratesHeterogeneity of ratesRelated speciesCodon usageBase compositionComposition biasMutation rateGenesDrosophilaMtDNATime estimatesTurnover rateTransversionsGenomeSpeciesDivergenceSubstitution number
1986
Rates of nucleotide substitution in Drosophila mitochondrial DNA and nuclear DNA are similar.
Powell J, Caccone A, Amato G, Yoon C. Rates of nucleotide substitution in Drosophila mitochondrial DNA and nuclear DNA are similar. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 1986, 83: 9090-9093. PMID: 3097641, PMCID: PMC387080, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.83.23.9090.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNuclear DNANucleotide substitutionsSingle-copy nuclear DNADrosophila mitochondrial DNADNA sequence dataMajority of DNADrosophila yakubaDrosophila melanogasterMitochondrial DNASequence dataBase pair mismatchesDNA hybridsDNAMitochondriaDNA hybridizationYakubaEukaryotesDrosophilaMelanogasterMtDNAsInvertebratesVertebratesChloroplastsMtDNAOrganelles