Excess amino acid polymorphism in mitochondrial DNA: Contrasts among genes from Drosophila, mice, and humans

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 735-748

  Rand, David M ^a   Kann, Lisa M ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Drosophila; genetic variation; human; mildly deleterious mutations; mitochondrial DNA; natural selection; neutral theory

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; CYTOCHROME B; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; DNA POLYMORPHISM; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EVOLUTION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; NEUTRAL GENE THEORY; NONHUMAN; SILENT GENE;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA SIMULANS; MAMMALIA; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0030000951     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a025634     Document Type: Article

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