Selection of conserved blocks from multiple alignments for their use in phylogenetic analysis

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 540-552

  Castresana, Jose ^a  

^a EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amino acid composition; Conserved blocks; Eukaryotes; Mitochondrial proteins; Multiple alignments

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC PROCEDURES; GENETIC SELECTION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALIA; EUKARYOTA; FUNGI;

EID: 0034043778     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a026334     Document Type: Article

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