Phylogeny of organisms investigated by the base-pair changes in the stem regions of small and large ribosomal subunit RNAs

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 218-235

  Otsuka, Jinya ^a   Terai, Goro ^a   Nakano, Takao ^a  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Base pairs; Divergence time; Functional constraint; Molecular clock; Mutation rate; Phylogenetic tree; Ribosomal RNA

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; CALCULATION; DNA DAMAGE; EVOLUTION; GENE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYLOGENY; RIBOSOME;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; BASE PAIRING; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FUNGI; HUMANS; MODELS, GENETIC; MUTATION; PHYLOGENY; PLANTS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL;

ANIMALIA; ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; PROTOCTISTA;

EID: 0032902335     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00006461     Document Type: Article

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