Evolutionary distances between nucleotide sequences based on the distribution of substitution rates among sites as estimated by parsimony

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 287-298

  Tourasse, Nicolas J ^a   Gouy, Manolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

evolutionary distances; gamma distribution; maximum parsimony; molecular phylogeny; rate of molecular evolution; ribosomal RNA

Indexed keywords

NUCLEOTIDE; PROTEIN; RIBOSOME RNA;

ARTICLE; EUKARYOTE; EVOLUTION; GENE; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; MODEL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PROKARYOTE;

EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0031046929     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a025764     Document Type: Article

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