Substitution rate variation among sites in hypervariable region 1 of human mitochondrial DNA

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 1993, Pages 613-623

  Wakeley, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Gamma distribution; Human mitochondrial DNA; Hypervariable region 1; Parsimony method; Rate variation

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; GENE CONTROL; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EVOLUTION; HUMAN; MODELS, GENETIC; MUTATION; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0027496790     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: 14321432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00182747     Document Type: Article

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