Evaluation of methods for determination of a reconstructed history of gene sequence evolution

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 2040-2047

  Liberles, David A ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Adaptive evolution; Nonsynonymous nucleotide substitution; PAM distance; Reconstructed ancestral sequences; Synonymous nucleotide substitution

Indexed keywords

DEOXYRIBONUCLEOSIDE; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE;

AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; GENE FUNCTION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOME; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

PRIMATES;

EID: 0034748359     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a003745     Document Type: Article

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