Rates of conservative and radical nonsynonymous nucleotide substitutions in mammalian nuclear genes

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 56-68

  Zhang, Jianzhi ^a,b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Amino acid property; Conservative change; Positive selection; Radical change; Substitution rate; Transition bias

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; MAMMAL; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ARTIODACTYLA; MAMMALIA; PRIMATES; RODENTIA;

EID: 0033921902     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002399910007     Document Type: Article

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