Phylogenetic network and physicochemical properties of nonsynonymous mutations in the protein-coding genes of human mitochondrial DNA

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1195-1210

  Moilanen, Jukka S ^a   Majamaa, Kari ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Amino acid substitution; Human mitochondrial DNA; Molecular evolution; Neutral theory; Phylogenetics; Population genetics

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CODING; CONTINGENT NEGATIVE VARIATION; DIRECTED MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE ROOT;

AFRICA; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; AMINO ACIDS; ASIA; CODON; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; MUTATION, MISSENSE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0041571792     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msg121     Document Type: Article

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