Evidence for positive selection on a sexual reproduction gene in the diatom genus Thalassiosira (Bacillariophyta)

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 231-239

  Sorhannus, Ulf ^a   Kosakovsky Pond, Sergei L ^b  

^a EDINBORO UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Likelihood methods; Negative selection; Nonsynonymous substitution; Positive selection; Sexual reproduction gene; Synonymous substitution; Thalassiosira

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CODON; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DIATOM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PERFORMANCE; REPRODUCTION; SIMULATION;

ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; CODON; DIATOMS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; PHYLOGENY; PROTEINS; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SELECTION (GENETICS);

BACILLARIOPHYTA; THALASSIOSIRA;

EID: 33746468945     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00239-006-0016-z     Document Type: Article

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