KaKs_Calculator: Calculating Ka and Ks Through Model Selection and Model Averaging

Genomics, Proteomics and Bioinformatics

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 259-263

  Zhang, Zhang ^a,b,c   Li, Jun ^b   Zhao, Xiao Qian ^b,c   Wang, Jun ^a,b,d   Wong, Gane Ka Shu ^b,d,e   Yu, Jun ^a,b,d  

^a INSTITUTE OF COMPUTING TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b Chinese Academy of Sciences and China National Center for Bioinformation   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^d ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

AIC; approximate method; maximum likelihood method; model averaging; model selection

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DOCUMENTATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; KAKS CALCULATOR; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; MODEL; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY;

ALGORITHMS; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PHYLOGENY; PROTEINS; SOFTWARE;

EID: 34248669040     PISSN: 16720229     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1672-0229(07)60007-2     Document Type: Article

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