Compositional bias may affect both DNA-based and protein-based phylogenetic reconstructions

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 284-290

  Foster, Peter G ^a,b   Hickey, Donal A ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Composition bias; G + C content; Mitochondrial genes; Phylogenetic analysis

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CODON; DNA SEQUENCE; MITOCHONDRION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY;

ANIMALIA; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0033004743     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00006471     Document Type: Article

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