Sequence Divergence, Functional Constraint, and Selection in Protein Evolution

Annual Review of Genomics and Human Genetics

Volumn 4, Issue , 2003, Pages 213-235

  Fay, Justin C ^a   Wu, Chung I ^b  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Constraint; Divergence; Polymorphism; Selection

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; COMPARATIVE GENOMICS; DNA SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME; GENOMICS; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NEUTRAL GENE THEORY; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN POLYMORPHISM; REVIEW; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS;

DNA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROTEINS; SELECTION (GENETICS);

EID: 0242609180     PISSN: 15278204     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.genom.4.020303.162528     Document Type: Review

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