Substitution rate variation among sites in mitochondrial hypervariable region I of humans and chimpanzees

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1357-1368

  Excoffier, Laurent ^a   Yang, Ziheng ^a  

^a Department of Biology ^*

Author keywords

Chimpanzees; D loop; Gamma distribution; Humans; Mitochondrial DNA; Mutation rate variation

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; CHIMPANZEE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; MITOCHONDRION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION GENETICS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

MAMMALIA; PAN (APE); PAN TROGLODYTES;

EID: 0032873641     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a026046     Document Type: Article

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