Similarity of synonymous substitution rates across mammalian genomes

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 236-248

  Chuang, Jeffrey H ^a   Li, Hao ^b  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Correlation; Gene specificity; Mammalian genes; Neutral mutation; Repeatability; Selection; Similarity; Synonymous substitution

Indexed keywords

CPG OLIGODEOXYNUCLEOTIDE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; GENE CONTROL; GENE FUNCTION; GENE MUTATION; GENOME; HUMAN; MAMMALIAN GENETICS; NONHUMAN; ORTHOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ANIMALS; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; DOGS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENOME; HUMANS; MAMMALS; MICE; POINT MUTATION; RATS; SELECTION (GENETICS); SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; MAMMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 35248862458     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00239-007-9008-x     Document Type: Article

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