Detecting natural selection at the molecular level: A reexamination of some "classic" examples of adaptive evolution

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 176-195

  Nunney, Leonard ^a   Schuenzel, Erin L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Globin; Globin; d N d S; Lysin; Lysozyme; Positive selection

Indexed keywords

GLOBIN; LYSIN; LYSOZYME; MUCOPROTEIN;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GLOBINS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MUCOPROTEINS; MURAMIDASE; PHYLOGENY; SELECTION (GENETICS); VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 33748111904     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00239-004-0334-y     Document Type: Article

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