Determinants of rate variation in mammalian DNA sequence evolution

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 610-621

  Bromham, Lindell ^a   Rambaut, Andrew ^a   Harvey, Paul H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Allometry; Body size; Generation time; Metabolic rate; Molecular clock; Molecular evolution; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

BETA GLOBIN; CYTOCHROME B; DNA; RIBOSOME RNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MAMMAL; METABOLIC RATE; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BODY CONSTITUTION; CYTOCHROME B GROUP; DNA; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; EXONS; FEMALE; GLOBINS; HUMANS; INTRONS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MAMMALS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PREGNANCY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0030442757     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02202109     Document Type: Article

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