Reciprocal relationship between stem-loop potential and substitution density in retroviral quasispecies under positive Darwinian selection

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 1995, Pages 1022-1037

  Forsdyke, D R ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Base indel; Base substitution; Recombination; Speciation; Stem loop

Indexed keywords

RNA;

ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; EVOLUTION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC SELECTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; NUCLEIC ACID STRUCTURE; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; RETROVIRUS; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

BASE SEQUENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; POLIOVIRUS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; RETROVIRIDAE; RNA, VIRAL;

DARWINIA; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; POLIOVIRUS; UNIDENTIFIED RETROVIRUS;

EID: 0029619270     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: 14321432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00173184     Document Type: Article

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