Molecular Evolution of the Small Subunit
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Dirk Mattern; Martin Schlegel
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Article
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2001
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Elsevier Science
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English
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The small subunit ribosomal DNA (ssu rDNA) of 13 isopods was sequenced. The entire length of the ribosomal gene is unusually long, resulting from the presence of five expansion elements accounting for more than 40% of the gene. We found that in terrestrial isopods the length of the ssu rDNA ranges f