Accuracy and power of the likelihood ratio test for comparing evolutionary rates among genes

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 426-433

  Aagaard, Jan Erik ^a,b   Phillips, Patrick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Likelihood ratio test; Nonsynonymous synonymous rate ratio

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC PARAMETERS; LIKELIHOOD RATIO TEST; MODEL; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SAMPLING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICS;

EVOLUTION; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MODELS, GENETIC; SELECTION (GENETICS);

EID: 19944366978     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00239-004-0137-1     Document Type: Article

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