Neutral changes and modifications of the genetic code

Theoretical Population Biology

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 143-145

  Jukes, Thomas H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETABULARIA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CANDIDA; CILIATE; CODON; GENETIC CODE; GENETICS; MITOCHONDRION; MYCOPLASMA; POPULATION GENETICS; STOP CODON;

ACETABULARIA; ANIMALS; CANDIDA; CILIOPHORA; CODON; CODON, TERMINATOR; GENETIC CODE; GENETICS, POPULATION; MITOCHONDRIA; MYCOPLASMA;

EID: 0030119172     PISSN: 00405809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/tpbi.1996.0008     Document Type: Article

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