Estimating synonymous and nonsynonymous substitution rates

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 105-114

  Muse, Spencer V ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

evolutionary model; maximum likelihood; rbcL; Silent substitution rate

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CODON; EVOLUTION; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NATURAL SELECTION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICAL PARAMETERS;

EID: 0030054305     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a025549     Document Type: Article

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