Can deleterious mutations explain the time dependency of molecular rate estimates?

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 2271-2273

  Woodhams, Michael ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Deleterious mutation; Mutation rate; Nearly neutral evolution; Rate calibration; Substitution rate

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GENE MUTATION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MUTATION RATE; POPULATION SIZE;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; CODON, NONSENSE; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS, POPULATION; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MODELS, GENETIC; PRIMATES; STATISTICS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33750933355     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msl107     Document Type: Article

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