A maximum likelihood method for detecting functional divergence at individual codon sites, with application to gene family evolution

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 121-132

  Bielawski, Joseph P ^a,b   Yang, Ziheng ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Codon model; ECP; EDN; Functional divergence; Globins; Maximum likelihood

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CODON; CONTROLLED STUDY; EOSINOPHIL; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CODE; MOLECULAR MODEL; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRESSURE; PROTEIN FUNCTION;

EID: 3042842589     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00239-004-2597-8     Document Type: Article

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