Sociality and the rate of molecular evolution

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1393-1402

  Bromham, Lindell ^a,b   Leys, Remko ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c SOUTH AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Comparative method; Effective population size; Eusocial; Molecular clock; Nearly neutral theory; Substitution rate

Indexed keywords

CELL NUCLEUS DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PROTEIN; RNA;

ANT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HONEYBEE; HYMENOPTERA; ISOPTERA; MOLE RAT; MOLECULAR CLOCK; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION SIZE; PREDICTION; REPRODUCTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SHRIMP; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TAXONOMIC RANK; WASP;

ANIMALS; ANTS; BEES; CRUSTACEA; DNA; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; ISOPTERA; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLE RATS; MUTATION; PHYLOGENY; RNA; SOCIOBIOLOGY; TIME FACTORS; WASPS;

ACARI; ANIMALIA; APOIDEA; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; ISOPTERA; VESPIDAE;

EID: 19644378508     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msi133     Document Type: Article

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