Positive and negative selection on the mitochondrial genome

Trends in Genetics

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 259-263

  Meiklejohn, Colin D ^a   Montooth, Kristi L ^a   Rand, David M ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

DNA SEQUENCE; EFFECTIVE POPULATION SIZE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME; HUMAN; MITOCHONDRIAL GENE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NEUTRAL GENE THEORY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SHORT SURVEY;

DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENES, MITOCHONDRIAL; GENETIC DRIFT; GENOMICS; HUMANS; SELECTION (GENETICS);

EID: 34249062487     PISSN: 01689525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tig.2007.03.008     Document Type: Short Survey

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