Elevated rates of nonsynonymous substitution in island birds

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 874-881

  Johnson, K P ^a   Seger, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Cyt b, ND2; Deleterious mutations; Island populations; Mitochondrial genes; Nearly neutral model; Nonsynonymous substitutions

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CODON; DOVE; DUCK; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; MITOCHONDRION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY;

ANAS; ANAS SP.; AVES; COLUMBIFORMES;

EID: 0035040671     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a003869     Document Type: Article

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