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Mitochondrial Genomes of Green, Red, and Glaucophyte Algae

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Abbreviations

CW:

Clockwise flagellar basal bodies

DO:

Directly opposed flagellar basal bodies

mtDNA:

Mitochondrial DNA

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  1. Department of Biology, Dalhousie University, B3H 4R2, Halifax, NS, Canada

    Robert W. Lee & Jimeng Hua

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  1. Dept of Chemistry, University of Richmond, Richmond, Virginia, USA

    Ellis Bell

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Lee, R.W., Hua, J. (2014). Mitochondrial Genomes of Green, Red, and Glaucophyte Algae. In: Bell, E. (eds) Molecular Life Sciences. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-6436-5_115-2

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