Uncorrected nucleotide bias in mtDNA can mimic the effects of positive Darwinian selection

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2521-2524

  Albu, Mihai ^a   Min, Xiang Jia ^b,c   Hickey, Donal ^c   Golding, Brian ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b YOUNGSTOWN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

Author keywords

CODEML; dN dS ratios; mtDNA; Nonsynonymous sites; Nucleotide bias; PAML; Synonymous sites

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; DNA REPAIR; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; NATURAL SELECTION; NONHUMAN;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; NUCLEOTIDES; SELECTION (GENETICS);

ANIMALIA; INVERTEBRATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 56449102033     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msn224     Document Type: Article

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