Mammalian nonsynonymous sites are not overdispersed: Comparative genomic analysis of index of dispersion of mammalian proteins

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 634-642

  Kim, Seong Ho ^a,b   Yi, Soojin V ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Comparative genomics; Gene ontology; Index of dispersion; Lineage effects; Nearly neutral theory; Neutral theory

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOG; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR MODEL; MOUSE; NATURAL SELECTION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DOGS; GENOME; GENOMICS; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MAMMALS; MICE; PHYLOGENY; PROTEINS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 40849118162     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msm281     Document Type: Article

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