Positive and negative selection in the DAZ gene family

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 523-529

  Bielawski, Joseph P ^a   Yang, Ziheng ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Codon model; DAZ; DAZL1; Gene family; Maximum likelihood; Positive selection

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GENE DELETION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC SELECTION; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

DARWINIA;

EID: 0035061474     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a003831     Document Type: Article

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