Inferring parameters of mutation, selection and demography from patterns of synonymous site evolution in Drosophila

Genetics

Volumn 157, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 245-257

  McVean, Gilean A T ^a,b   Vieira, Jorge ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Statistics ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CODON USAGE; DEMOGRAPHY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA SIMULANS; DROSOPHILA VIRILIS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MUTATION RATE; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BASE COMPOSITION; CODON; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE FREQUENCY; GENES, INSECT; GENETICS, POPULATION; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MODELS, GENETIC; MUTATION; SELECTION (GENETICS);

ARACHNIDA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA SIMULANS; DROSOPHILA VIRILIS; HEXAPODA; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0035157374     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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