Large-scale search for genes on which positive selection may operate

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 685-690

  Endo, Toshinori ^b   Ikeo, Kazuho ^b   Gojobori, Takashi ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENETICS   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

large scale data analysis; positive selection; synonymous substitution

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DATA BASE; DNA SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

EID: 0030007094     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a025629     Document Type: Article

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