Changes in G+C content of a neutrally evolving gene under a non-reversible dynamics measured by computer simulations based on experimental evolution data

Genetics and Molecular Biology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 632-636

  Brunstein, Adriana ^a   Varuzza, Leonardo ^b   Sanson, Gerdine F O ^a   Briones, Marcelo R S ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Experimental phylogenetics; Mathematical models of nucleotide substitutions; Molecular evolution; Neutral theory

Indexed keywords

CYTOSINE; GUANINE; RNA 18S;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; DNA CONTENT; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC SELECTION; IN VITRO STUDY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; PHYLOGENY; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STATISTICAL CONCEPTS; STOCHASTIC MODEL; VARIANCE;

EID: 11344276179     PISSN: 14154757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1415-47572004000400026     Document Type: Article

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