| complete mitochondrial genome of mitred conure (psittacara mitratus): its comparison with mitogenome of socorro conure (psittacara brevipes). | the mitred conure (psittacara mitratus) is a species native to the forests and woodlands in the andes in central peru, south through west-central bolivia, to northwestern argentina. the genus psittacara have recently been distinguished on the basis of molecular revision of the aratinga species. in consequence, it became one of the nine genera, which form morphologically diverse group termed as conures. although, the number of species/subspecies belonging to psittacara remains controversial, it i ... | 2016 | 25703848 |
| loss of the gene for the alpha subunit of atp synthase (atp5a1) from the w chromosome in the african grey parrot (psittacus erithacus). | this study describes the results of an analysis using southern blotting, the polymerase chain reaction, and sequencing which shows that the african grey parrot (psittacus erithacus) lacks the w-chromosomal gene for the alpha subunit of mitochondrial atp synthase (atp5a1w). additional evidence shows that in other psittacines a fragment of the atp5a1w gene contains five times as many nonsynonymous nucleotide replacements as the homologous fragment of the z gene. therefore, whereas in these other p ... | 2001 | 11479684 |