Models of nearly neutral mutations with particular implications for nonrandom usage of synonymous codons

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1987, Pages 337-345

  Li, Wen Hsiung ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Additive selection; Molecular evolution; Multisite model; Single site model; Threshold selection

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CODON; EVOLUTION; GENETIC SELECTION; MUTATION; PROBABILITY; HEREDITY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NEUTRAL MUTATION; NONHUMAN; POPULATION GENETICS; STATISTICS; THEORETICAL STUDY;

CODON; EVOLUTION; MODELS, GENETIC; MUTATION; PROBABILITY; RNA, MESSENGER; SELECTION (GENETICS); SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0023064998     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: 14321432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02134132     Document Type: Article

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