Mildly deleterious mutations in avian mitochondrial DNA: Evidence from neutrality tests

Evolution

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1617-1620

  Fry, Adam J ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

McDonald Kreitman test; Mildly deleterious mutation; Neutrality index; Tajima's D

Indexed keywords

BIRD; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MUTATION; POPULATION GENETICS;

AVES; GALLIFORMES;

EID: 0032693254     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.1999.tb05426.x     Document Type: Article

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