Inferring the timescale of dengue virus evolution under realistic models of DNA substitution

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 656-661

  Dunham, Eleca J ^a   Holmes, Edward C ^a,b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Covarion; Dengue virus; Molecular clock; Natural selection; Phylogeny; Substitution model

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENGUE VIRUS; GENE SEQUENCE; MOLECULAR CLOCK; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; VIRAL GENETICS; VIRUS GENOME;

CODON; DENGUE VIRUS; DNA, VIRAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENES, VIRAL; MODELS, GENETIC; MUTATION; TIME FACTORS;

DENGUE VIRUS;

EID: 34250754307     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00239-006-0278-5     Document Type: Article

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