The excess of transitions among nucleotide substitutions: New methods of estimating transition bias underscore its significance

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 158-162

  Wakeley, John ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0001062055     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0169-5347(96)10009-4     Document Type: Review

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