The phylogenetic utility of the codon-degeneracy model

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 185-193

  McClellan, David A ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ancestral sequences; Codon degeneracy model; Phylogenetic reconstruction; Transition bias

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CODON; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PREDICTION; SCORING SYSTEM;

GEOMYIDAE; ORTHOGEOMYS;

EID: 0033809825     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002390010080     Document Type: Article

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