Slow molecular clocks in old world monkeys, apes, and humans

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 2191-2198

  Yi, Soojin ^a   Ellsworth, Darrell L ^b   Li, Wen Hsiung ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b WINDBER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Apes; Hominoid rate slowdown; Humans; Molecular clocks; Mutation rate; Old World monkeys

Indexed keywords

NUCLEOTIDE;

APE; ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; GC RICH SEQUENCE; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME; HUMAN; INTRON; MOLECULAR CLOCK; MONKEY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; CERCOPITHECIDAE; GENETICS; HOMINID;

ALOCASIA MACRORRHIZOS; CERCOPITHECIDAE; EUTHERIA; HOMINOIDEA; MAMMALIA; PAN TROGLODYTES; PLATYRRHINI; PRIMATES;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; CERCOPITHECIDAE; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; INTRONS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0036897666     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a004043     Document Type: Article

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