A comparison of methods for estimating the transition:transversion ratio from DNA sequences

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 495-503

  Strandberg, A K Kristina ^a   Salter, Laura A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian estimation; Independent contrasts; Maximum likelihood; Rate variation; Transition bias; Transition transversion ratio

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOLOGY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; EVALUATION; GENETICS; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MUTATION; PHYLOGENY; POINT MUTATION;

ANIMALS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; MODELS, GENETIC; MUTATION; PHYLOGENY; POINT MUTATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 3042686794     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2004.01.013     Document Type: Article

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