A maximum likelihood method for analyzing pseudogene evolution: Implications for silent site evolution in humans and rodents

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 110-117

  Bustamante, C D ^a   Nielsen, R ^a   Hartl, D L ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Codon based models; Maximum likelihood; Neutral evolution; Pseudogene evolution; Synonymous site evolution

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ARTICLE; CODON; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOCUS; GENOME; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOGENE; RAT;

RODENTIA;

EID: 0036136814     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a003975     Document Type: Article

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