A covarion-based method for detecting molecular adaptation: Application to the evolution of primate mitochondrial genomes

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 269, Issue 1498, 2002, Pages 1313-1316

  Pupko, Tal ^a   Galtier, Nicolas ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Covarion; Maximum likelihood; Mitochondrial genome; Positive Darwinian selection; Primates

Indexed keywords

CELL PROTEIN; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEIN;

GENOME;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; COVARIANCE; GENOME; HUMAN; MAMMAL; MITOCHONDRION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NATURAL SELECTION; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ANIMAL; ARTIODACTYLA; CARNIVORA; CETACEA; ELEPHANT; GENETICS; LAGOMORPH; MONOTREMATE; PERISSODACTYLA; PHYLOGENY; PRIMATE; RODENT;

DARWINIA; MAMMALIA; PRIMATES; SIMIAE;

ANIMALS; ARTIODACTYLA; CARNIVORA; CETACEA; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; ELEPHANTS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENOME; LAGOMORPHA; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEINS; MONOTREMATA; PERISSODACTYLA; PHYLOGENY; PRIMATES; RODENTIA;

EID: 0037036501     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2002.2025     Document Type: Article

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