Comparing patterns of nucleotide substitution rates among chloroplast loci using the relative ratio test

Genetics

Volumn 146, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 393-399

  Muse, Spencer V ^a,c   Gaut, Brandon S ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHLOROPLAST; EVOLUTION; GENE LOCUS; LICHENS; MUTATION RATE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; PINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RICE;

EID: 0030984551     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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