Positive Darwinian selection promotes heterogeneity among members of the antifreeze protein multigene family

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 403-410

  Swanson, Willie J ^a   Aquadro, Charles F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive evolution; Antifreeze proteins; Darwinian selection; Likelihood ratio test

Indexed keywords

ANTIFREEZE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BEETLE; CODON; FISH; FREEZING; GENE LOCUS; GENE MAPPING; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC SELECTION; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

COLEOPTERA; DARWINIA;

EID: 0036182848     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00239-001-0030-0     Document Type: Article

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