The quest for natural selection in the age of comparative genomics

Heredity

Volumn 99, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 567-579

  Anisimova, M ^a   Liberles, D A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

Comparative genomics; Functional divergence; Molecular evolution; Population genetics; Positive selection; Protein structure

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIVERGENCE; GENOMICS; NATURAL SELECTION; POPULATION GENETICS; PROTEIN; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADAPTATION; GENETIC SELECTION; GENOMICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; SHORT SURVEY; STATISTICS;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENOMICS; SELECTION (GENETICS);

EID: 36348932244     PISSN: 0018067X     EISSN: 13652540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.hdy.6801052     Document Type: Short Survey

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