The influence of selection on the evolutionary distance estimated from the base changes observed between homologous nucleotide sequences

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 213, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 129-144

  Otsuka, Jinya ^a   Kawai, Yosuke ^a   Sugaya, Nobuyoshi ^a  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSFER RNA;

EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; BASE MISPAIRING; EVOLUTION; GENE MUTATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; THEORY;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 0035930046     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jtbi.2001.2407     Document Type: Article

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