Overdispersion of the molecular clock: Temporal variation of gene-specific substitution rates in Drosophila

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1631-1638

  Bedford, Trevor ^a   Hartl, Daniel L ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Drosophila; Index of dispersion; Molecular clock; Negative binomial distribution; Rate heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; MOLECULAR CLOCK; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMALS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DROSOPHILA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; MODELS, GENETIC; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 47649104264     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msn112     Document Type: Article

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