Gene conversion and functional divergence in the β-globin gene family

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 177-189

  Aguileta, Gabriela ^a   Bielawski, Joseph P ^a,b   Yang, Ziheng ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Globin gene family; Codon substitution models; Gene conversion; Gene duplication; Positive selection

Indexed keywords

BETA GLOBIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CONVERSION; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MAMMAL; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR MODEL; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

ANIMALS; CODON; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATABASES, NUCLEIC ACID; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE CONVERSION; GLOBINS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MODELS, GENETIC; PHYLOGENY; SELECTION (GENETICS); VARIATION (GENETICS); VERTEBRATES;

DARWINIA; EUTHERIA; MAMMALIA; PRIMATES; SIMIAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 4344567920     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00239-004-2612-0     Document Type: Article

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