The influence of phylogenetic uncertainty on the detection of positive darwinian selection

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 2274-2278

  Pie, Marcio R ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Adaptive evolution; Likelihood ratio tests; Molecular phylogeny

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; ERROR; EVOLUTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC SELECTION; PHYLOGENY; SIMULATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD45; BAYES THEOREM; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FISHES; GENE FREQUENCY; GENES, PLANT; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MAMMALS; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; METHYLTRANSFERASES; MODELS, GENETIC; PHYLOGENY; SELECTION (GENETICS); UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 33750955302     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msl116     Document Type: Article

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