Statistical methods for testing functional divergence after gene duplication

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1664-1674

  Gu, Xun ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Functional divergence; Gene duplication; Gene family evolution; Hidden Markov model; Site specific profile

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE DUPLICATION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYLOGENY; PROBABILITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STOCHASTIC MODEL;

EID: 0032728408     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a026080     Document Type: Article

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