The ratio of replacement to silent divergence and tests of neutrality

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 217-231

  Nielsen, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

HIV 1 envelope gene; Hypervariable sites; Replacement substitutions; Silent substitutions; Strict neutrality

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030656488     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s000360050019     Document Type: Article

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