The power of relative rates tests depends on the data

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 296-301

  Bromham, Lindell ^a,b   Penny, David ^a   Rambaut, Andrew ^b   Hendy, Michael D ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Molecular clock; Molecular date estimates; Phylogeny; Rate variation; Substitution rate; Tajima test

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MUTATION RATE; PHYLOGENY; PRIMATE; RODENT;

MURIDAE; PRIMATES; RODENTIA;

EID: 0033921801     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002399910034     Document Type: Article

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