Maximum-likelihood phylogenetic analysis under a covarion-like model

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 866-873

  Galtier, Nicolas ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Covarion; LUCA; Markov model; Positive selection; Thermophyly

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COVARIANCE; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC LINKAGE; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR MODEL; PHYLOGENY; RNA SEQUENCE;

EID: 0035029534     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a003868     Document Type: Article

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